Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay

Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by Uberphallus on Friday March 05, 2021 @03:37AM (#26354408)

> Ok, and the swastika was an old religious symbol.

It's a current religious symbol. It's everywhere in Asia. Lots of media get swastikas edited out when sent for consumption in the West. Nobody cares.

> The most recent interpretation is often the most relevant.

You mean the almost exclusively US interpretation is the most relevant.

> In the US...

See?

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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by ttt0 on Friday March 05, 2021 @03:49AM (#26354504)

> You mean the almost exclusively US interpretation is the most relevant.

As far as I'm considered, the worst part about this is that because of American propaganda in the mass media and popculture, people from outside the States are projecting American history and problems onto themselves, because that's a hip and cool thing to do now.

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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by Uberphallus on Friday March 05, 2021 @07:53AM (#26356301)

I wish you were kidding. We have enough with our own cultural traumas to tackle the American ones on top, but some people really really want them.

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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by awb on Friday March 05, 2021 @10:50AM (#26358169)

We’re on a forum of a US-based VC firm. The majority of companies and news discussed here is US-focused, so yeah the US view is relevant.

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