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The Cat in the Racist Hat
Steyn Online ^ | 29 Sep 2017 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 09/30/2017 6:19:33 PM PDT by Rummyfan

Tonight I made a rare Friday appearance with Tucker Carlson on Fox News. The subject was a Massachusetts school librarian's decision to reject a gift of children's books from Melania Trump because Dr Seuss is "racist propaganda":

According to Steyn, the letter that Massachusetts librarian Phipps Soeiro wrote was "incredibly moronic" and "part of the dumbing down of American society." After disputing one of Serio's complaints, Steyn lamented that "we are making ourselves a society too stupid to survive."

Steyn specifically took issue with Soeiro's complaint that the main character in "The Cat in the Hat" had a bowtie intended to evoke imagery from racist, minstrel shows. In response, Steyn ran through a list of cartoon characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Porky Pig, who wore bowties. "Cartoon characters wear bowties. That's nothing to do with minstrel shows," Steyn argued.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bowties; childrensliterature; drseuss; marksteyn; minstrelshows; racecard; soeiro
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To: Rummyfan
Anapestic tetrameters?! There really is such a thing.

(Short short long) x 4.

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house

41 posted on 09/30/2017 11:07:56 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

He was a doc. What don’t you understand about germs?


42 posted on 09/30/2017 11:42:41 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

YEah, I saw this. How does she get away with this? And of course out of 100 schools given books, she gets all this publicity for pushing a lie about herself.

LOOK AT THIS PHOTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The lady was pushing Suess books. HOw does get away with this?


43 posted on 10/01/2017 2:10:24 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Let's get Newt in there to help...)
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To: Snickering Hound
Lol. Ya. I don't. No doubt that it is a sexual fetish. Adults don't do this without someone getting a sexual thrill from it.

To each, his own.

44 posted on 10/02/2017 6:57:50 AM PDT by dhs12345
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