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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by crowbahr on Thursday March 04, 2021 @07:26PM (#26350617)
While I think ebay bans are ridiculous most of this furor is about old, very racist books that Seuss himself apologized for later in life.

99% of Seuss readers have never read Oh Beyond Zebra, and nobody will miss the Cat's Quizzer.

Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by djsbak on Thursday March 04, 2021 @09:10PM (#26351616)
“very racist books“

Really? Very racist? You don’t think you’re exaggerating with the “very”?

If “what I saw on Mulberry street” counts as “very racist” where do you put “Huckleberry Finn” or “To kill a Mockingbird” with their colorful language?

I mean you have two great American classics unapologetically using the n-word vs a cartoon of a Chinese kid dressed as he did a few decades before the book was written.

N-word vs. kid dressed as he dressed.

Don’t you think “mildly discomforting depiction of a foreigner?” is more proportional?

Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by liveoneggs on Thursday March 04, 2021 @07:55PM (#26350913)
On Beyond Zebra was one of my favorites as a child, one of the first I bought for my own children, and its message makes banning it very sadly ironic. make no mistake - this is a massive loss of american culture.
Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by elindbe3 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @07:31PM (#26350673)
IDK I think it's quite cowardly if ebay is not willing to be consistent in what they are willing to sell. For example, if they can find a few people that are offended by violent video games, then all violent video games should be taken down from eBay. If I'm offended by the Communist Manifesto then it's time to take all copies of it off the site.

In fact they could even automate this. They already have a report item button. Whenever someone clicks that and marks the item offensive they could remove that whole class of items.