Lot of old cartoons such as Tom & Jerry DVDs are going to be banned from being sold there if they're actually consistent with this policy and hold them to the Dr. Seuss standard of what defines "offensive."
Yes this was a quick transition wasn’t it.
I’m sure that these Dr. Seuss books are being pulled from libraries too.
This is a good example of cancel culture, and, shows just how strong political correctness has become in our society.
Perhaps, sometime in the near future:
It has been deemed by the Racial Reconcilation Regime that the US news media presents blacks in an unfavorable light.
Therefore, the federal broadcasting licenses of all TV stations have been canceled.
Newspapers will no longer be allowed to buy newsprint or other paper that is an article of commerce.
Old National Geographic magazines published prior to WW2 must be surrendered to the Thought Police no later than next week.
“inclusive environment”
Your dictionaries are becoming obsolete quickly.
“At eBay, we have a strict policy against hate and discrimination...”
But the hate and discrimination must have come from the author, Dr. Seuss himself. Therefore all his works must be tainted by his inherent bigotry and racism. So they’ll need to ban them all.
So was Dr. Suess’s original name Eric Blair? Is one of the places in “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” Room 101 in the Ministry of Love?
Good grief. These people are truly insane.
“The family was of German descent, and Geisel and his sister Marnie experienced anti-German prejudice from other children following the outbreak of World War I in 1914.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss
“As World War II began, Geisel turned to political cartoons, drawing over 400 in two years as editorial cartoonist for the left-leaning New York City daily newspaper, PM.[37] Geisel’s political cartoons, later published in Dr. Seuss Goes to War, denounced Hitler and Mussolini and were highly critical of non-interventionists (”isolationists”), most notably Charles Lindbergh, who opposed US entry into the war.[38] One cartoon[39] depicted Japanese Americans being handed TNT after a “call from home”, while other cartoons deplored the racism at home against Jews and blacks that harmed the war effort.[40][41] His cartoons were strongly supportive of President Roosevelt’s handling of the war, combining the usual exhortations to ration and contribute to the war effort with frequent attacks on Congress[42] (especially the Republican Party),[43] parts of the press (such as the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and Washington Times-Herald),[44] and others for criticism of Roosevelt, criticism of aid to the Soviet Union,[45][46] investigation of suspected Communists,[47] and other offences that he depicted as leading to disunity and helping the Nazis, intentionally or inadvertently.”
Well the books are still up on eBay right now (for 100+ bucks).
How did that lawsuit against the eBay corporate thugs turn out anyway?
“Geisel was a liberal Democrat and a supporter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. His early political cartoons show a passionate opposition to fascism, and he urged action against it both before and after the United States entered World War II. His cartoons portrayed the fear of communism as overstated, finding greater threats in the House Un-American Activities Committee and those who threatened to cut the United States’ “life line”[46] to Stalin and the USSR, whom he once depicted as a porter carrying “our war load”.[45]”
“Geisel supported the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. On the issue of the Japanese, he is quoted as saying:
“’But right now, when the Japs are planting their hatchets in our skulls, it seems like a hell of a time for us to smile and warble: “Brothers!” It is a rather flabby battle cry. If we want to win, we’ve got to kill Japs, whether it depresses John Haynes Holmes or not. We can get palsy-walsy afterward with those that are left.’”
The pejorative “Nazi” is no longer hyperbole.
Go to ebay and search for “Black Americana”. There’s about 15k entries. Gonna go through and zap them, too, ebay?
Amazon still sells James Baldwin and his anti-Semitic, have white screeds.
Amazon still sells James Baldwin and his anti-Semitic, have white screeds.
Maybe some black market underground printer will take up the slack.
In the past men in trench coats sold “French Postcards” in back alleys. Now it will be banned Dr Seuss books for sale.
Wonder what they will do with DR DOOLITTLE.
Yet “Mein Kampf” remains available.
So, how quick does the copyright run out if they are no longer publishing them?
The supposed banned books are:’
“And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street”
“If I Ran the Zoo”
“McElligot’s Pool”
“On Beyond Zebra!”
“Scrambled Eggs Super!”
“The Cat’s Quizzer
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/ebay-remove-listings-6-discontinued-dr-seuss-books/M2EYENPEGBCRBBK5J5OLJR6PNY/
I looked up the first one on EBay, Seems to be hundreds of them for sale:
are they gonna ban “Born in the USA” next? Doesn’t Bruce make references to the “yellow man”?
I think not, but it would be nice to see him squirm.