Poll of the Day > 6 Dr. Seuss books to stop being published due to racist depictions

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Mead posted...

What even is that

BlueAnon is the alt-right's attempt to turn "Russiagate" into a QAnon level conspiracy theory.

He at least gives you a job to do...

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I mean there are people who honestly think Bernie is a Russian asset used to discredit neolibs.

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Mead posted...

Whiskey really is the new Erik

Holy shit this is accurate af

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Mead posted...

Whiskey really is the new Erik

He just wants to argue for the sake of it and he is ALWAYS wrong lol

i've not seem him be right about a single thing, ever

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It starts with some obscure Suess book nobody's ever read, and then it transitions to classics like Horton hears a Who, and soon enough the SJWs are pulling my cat in the hat porn off the internet and I only have the memory of the Grinch left to get hard to

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Blightzkrieg posted...

It starts with some obscure Suess book nobody's ever read, and then it transitions to classics like Horton hears a Who, and soon enough the SJWs are pulling my cat in the hat porn off the internet and I only have the memory of the Grinch left to get hard to

Don't forget the NSFW version of 'Hop on Pop'.

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Unbridled9 posted...

Don't forget the NSFW version of 'Hop on Pop'.

https://youtu.be/42QhdIradBc

https://i.imgur.com/pLzrpFU.png
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oh wait that's a different Dr. Seuss story. eh whatever

I legit was thinking about Dr. Seuss and his political cartoons recently and I wondered if the media was going to try to react to it eventually. Can't say I'm surprised.

helIy posted...

i've not seem him be right about a single thing, ever

You tell him, Becky!

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MabinogiFan posted...

I legit was thinking about Dr. Seuss and his political cartoons recently and I wondered if the media was going to try to react to it eventually. Can't say I'm surprised.

the fuck does the media have to do with anything? This change is happening because the company that manages the publication of the books decided to make a change after talking to teachers.

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Mead posted...

the fuck does the media have to do with anything? This change is happening because the company that manages the publication of the books decided to make a change after talking to teachers.

Nobody reads the article or looks up anything for themselves and they jump to dumbass conclusions about censorship and Four Olds and other really stupid stuff

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We jus don't want the state in our homes telling us what we can and can't say
what teachers can and can't do
and we surely do not want a made up religion, that's been copied from dozens of other religions forcing their own laws on us when we haven't voted for them.

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RoboXgp89 posted...

We jus don't want the state in our homes telling us what we can and can't say

how do you have that

what is the state keeping anyone from saying

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https://youtu.be/RuFcWkFJZgk

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Guess it's time to break out the gas can again. Y'all need to stop while gasoline is getting more expensive.

Mead posted...

how do you have that

what is the state keeping anyone from saying

I said we don't want that
For example not siding with Isreal in the palestine conflict can get you banned from teaching

Or they want to ban the idea of an ideal body image or just a person showing skin in general

all of those things should be protected as self expression.
you have a right to parody any topic you want as long as you aren't defaming someone, by acting like what you're doing is the truth when it's not.
they don't see it that way.
In the media it's the act of observing or commentating on another culture that makes them want to cancel/ban you
they jus think that you can't adopt culture if you've never lived in it, even tho people share culture all the time when you eat food, to them stealing food from poor people, not allowing women to drive or show their face is less offensive than using someone's wardrobe

mel gibson did a movie about aztecs and not once did he bring up cannibalism/genocide during warfare and they were STILL calling it racist, because a white man made the movie

other times it's this race is allowed to listen to this song and use these words, but if you do it you'll be in trouble,
even tho that person doesn't use the taboo words outside of private conversation,
you could have your college career banned if the person you spoke to goes to the same school

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RoboXgp89 posted...

We jus don't want the state in our homes telling us what we can and can't say
what teachers can and can't do
and we surely do not want a made up religion, that's been copied from dozens of other religions forcing their own laws on us when we haven't voted for them.

you can say whatever the fuck you want in your own home lmao

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JigsawTDC posted...

BlueAnon is the alt-right's attempt to turn "Russiagate" into a QAnon level conspiracy theory.

I've never ever brought up Rachel Maddow, but my roommate will bring her up at least once a month and say "wow I can't believe her and her Russiagate, Russiagate, Russiagate". Even if u got criticism for her, that sentence isn't going to teach me jack shit XD

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ReturnOfFa posted...

you can say whatever the f*** you want in your own home lmao

no you can't if the t.v. is censoring stuff before it gets there

they go out of their way to do this

lupin III's 4th season didn't even get a dub because of a pink nipple
kill la kill got edited because of a bad rub
bravely default gets most of it's sexy costumes removed
litterally anything ps4 does in japan doesn't make it here or if it's violent it gets censored on the way over there
Berserks nudist casca mural removed, when the show is about slicing up horse demons
the word genocide got removed from genocide laser beam in promare, because the word brings up "bad connotations"
the scene were the frog releases a seaman sample got removed from beer fest, because it encourages animal cruelty
spurns and reigns removed from RDR2 because it's 'animal abuse' of a 1000 pound animal
the word 'ejaculate' removed because it makes people think of genitals
Mulan, moana, pocahontas litterally anything disney does is stealing from other people
Chernobyl is stealing because it's portraying another country

everything everyone does ever has to be looked over by someone by these people
regardless of it's rating because one person might not enjoy it
rather than switching off the t.v. and going outside they have to make this big debate about it
when no one would've cared otherwise because it's outside of their target audience and age range

i'm ok with them saying redskins is racist
im not ok with them saying 'chiefs' is

but to say that books with the word red skin should be banned is stupid
banned from school maybe
but i've litterally been in college and seen them ban books because they talked too lightly about slavery in regards to poor white farmers

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RoboXgp89 posted...

no you can't if the t.v. is censoring stuff before it gets there

they go out of their way to do this

lupin III's 4th season didn't even get a dub because of a pink nipple
kill la kill got edited because of a bad rub
Berserks nudist casca mural removed, when the show is about slicing up horse demons
the word genocide got removed from genocide laser beam in promare, because the word brings up "bad connotations"
the scene were the frog releases a seaman sample got removed from beer fest, because it encourages animal cruelty
spurns and reigns removed from RDR2 because it's 'animal abuse' of a 1000 pound animal
the word 'ejaculate' removed because it makes people think of genitals
Mulan, moana, pocahontas litterally anything disney does is stealing from other people

everything everyone does ever has to be looked over by someone regardless of it's rating because someone might not enjoy it correctly

i'm ok with them saying redskins is racist, im not ok with them saying 'chiefs' is

you seem to have missed my point. I'm not talking about the TV, I'm talking about your freedom to say whatever you want in your own household. The television is not a member of your family.

"Redskins" might be said less on TV, but you can say it every 3 seconds if you so desire.

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ReturnOfFa posted...

"Redskins" might be said less on TV, but you can say it every 3 seconds if you so desire.

that isn't true the people in this country and UK
want the act of saying the word to be a crime
when it's supposed to be the act of saying the word during a crime that makes it a hate crime

or saying the word when you're not in a private setting/place

like if you want to ban a word from your property go ahead
but you can't go around banning words when the people you don't like say them,
that's my problem with it, because it infringes on historical works and figures

like if someone wrote the declaration of independence and it had a curse word on it
rather than erase the curse word they'd ban the declaration itself lol

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RoboXgp89 posted...

but you can't go around banning words when the people you don't like say them

that isnt happening

what word has been banned by law?

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Mead posted...

that isnt happening

what word has been banned by law?

Hah! Nice try, Mr. FBI agent! You can't trick me that easily!

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Mead posted...

that isnt happening

what word has been banned by law?

someone today thinks to kill a mokingbird is racist and shouldn't be in schools

at what point does someone ban "my n-word, my n-word" because they think it isn't part of music
and then ask yourself this question, wouldnt that person THEN want to ban music itself, it seems more likely in that scenario, because that's what religions do

these people are religious in what they complain about to get banned, even though it has nothing to do with religion
in the broader sense of things that's what they're open to, religions banning free speech or governments or arbys

words are only a threat when they're used to make a threat
words themselves aren't threatening it's the manner in which they're used.

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this s***

https://www.polygon.com/2019/2/8/18217444/catherine-full-body-rin-twist

the dude is reacting to her on the ground it has nothing to do with an upskirt
but they said it was transphobic
so the dude acting shocked seeing her naked in the shower of all places got removed

and Japan to this day they'd rather men dress as women, then a group of gay men, because they think the gay men are being manipulative while the man that dresses as a woman is in a committed relationship
atlus doesn't acknowledge this, they jus say she's an alien

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There's a difference between criticism and censorship

Polygon hasn't accrued godlike powers (yet)

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RoboXgp89 posted...

someone today thinks to kill a mokingbird is racist and shouldn't be in schools

most people do not think that

RoboXgp89 posted...

at what point does someone ban "my n-word, my n-word" because they think it isn't part of music

you can use any word you want, even when writing a song. No words have been banned from music

RoboXgp89 posted...

and then ask yourself this question, wouldnt that person THEN want to ban music itself, it seems more likely in that scenario, because that's what religions do

that does not make any sense, at all


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RoboXgp89 posted...

but they said it was transphobic

so? Its an opinion article. Its literally just what that author thinks.

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Blightzkrieg posted...

There's a difference between criticism and censorship

Try getting these gullible ass Q-anon dummies to wrap their feeble brains around this one

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Mead posted...

so? Its an opinion article. Its literally just what that author thinks.

Yes, and it got those split second scenes taken out of the game

Atlus' stance to this day is that she is not trans or a hermaphrodite or a klingnon

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RoboXgp89 posted...

Yes, and it got those split second scenes taken out of the game

oh no!

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The game is about dating, don't you see how changing one character in a game where you have 3 options might make the characters redundant?

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RoboXgp89 posted...

The game is about dating, don't you see how changing one character in a game where you have 3 options might make the characters redundant?

Its a national tragedy

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LeetCheet posted...

So children's books are problematic now?

Racist cartoons have been removed in the past. What's the issue with books?

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Blightzkrieg posted...

There's a difference between criticism and censorship

Polygon hasn't accrued godlike powers (yet)

Never played the game so I don't know if it's true but his claim was that the scene was removed. If that's true then by definition that's censorship.
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Its always the folks that dont understand free speech at all that seem to be the most riled up about it

A company deciding to remove content after being criticized has nothing to do with a government trying to control what you can or cant say

you can say whatever you want, stop bending over backwards trying to invent ways to feel like a victim

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censorship
Pronunciation /sensrSHip/ /snsrp/
See synonyms for censorship on Thesaurus.com
Translate censorship into Spanish

NOUN
1The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.

the regulation imposes censorship on all media

Nowhere does the dictionary say it's the government that has to be the one censoring content.
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If you restrict a company's ability to censor their own content you actually 360 back into censorship

People and businesses are permitted control over their own IPs.

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Blightzkrieg posted...

If you restrict a company's ability to censor their own content you actually 360 back into censorship

People and businesses are permitted control over their own IPs.

I just posted the literal definition of censorship so that is blatantly wrong.
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Revelation34 posted...

I just posted the literal definition of censorship so that is blatantly wrong.

Telling a company that you can't do x isn't censorship?

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Youd think that Rev would eventually get tired of being wrong about everything but no he is unstoppable

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Extreme_light posted...

Telling a company that you can't do x isn't censorship?

Telling them they have to have something is the exact opposite of censorship since censorship is prohibition of content.
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Revelation34 posted...

Telling them they have to have something is the exact opposite of censorship since censorship is prohibition of content.

But the point is you're telling them what they can and can't do, thus restricting their ability to free speech/publication.

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Revelation34 posted...

Telling them they have to have something is the exact opposite of censorship since censorship is prohibition of content.

If the government says that you must have a picture of a cow in your book, and you make a book that doesn't have a picture of a cow in your book and they ban it, they're censoring you.

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all right you know how right wing people REACT to things like universal health care, fema camps, etc

the left does the same thing to media, but their act of reacting ALWAYS makes it worse
like f*** this d*** s*** for example
that could jus mean "find this dull shower" but because it's bleeped out it looks way worse than before
they attatch negative stigma to everything
and they force an objective world view on everyone by forcing everyone to agree on something after they themselves moderate it

it's at least annoying if not worrisome

by REACTING like these people do they side with complete narcissist, sociopathic liars, manipulative con men, co dependent nightmares
because these people get empowered by pointing it out and the negative attention goes to someone other than them for once

I could say this about this website for example, when people make topics like "Did you SEE this?" it's another aspect of the same dilema
instead of censoring they dig up dirt for the thrill of it, when it doesn't matter to begin with, it's like under-censoring

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Extreme_light posted...

But the point is you're telling them what they can and can't do, thus restricting their ability to free speech/publication.

Yes but it is not censorship by definition.

Zareth posted...

If the government says that you must have a picture of a cow in your book, and you make a book that doesn't have a picture of a cow in your book and they ban it, they're censoring you.

Again, censorship is not just government related.
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Yeah thats a whole bunch of thoughts, thats for sure

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