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TomDaisy

(1,874 posts) Tue Nov 9, 2021, 12:40 PM Nov 2021

So Dr. Seuss - good, Big Bird - bad. Got it!

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So Dr. Seuss - good, Big Bird - bad. Got it! (Original Post) TomDaisy Nov 2021 OP

Dr. Seuss was OK only insofar as a few of his older books Ocelot II Nov 2021 #1

Ocelot II

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1. Dr. Seuss was OK only insofar as a few of his older books

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Tue Nov 9, 2021, 12:51 PM

Nov 2021

had racist or otherwise inappropriate overtones, since those things are good and shouldn't be "canceled." However, the Grinch book might not be OK because it celebrates kindness.

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