If I Ran the Zoo
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@klaus said in If I Ran the Zoo:
Why is it that almost all big American companies seem to be run by super-woke liberals?
Banning a few books that nobody reads anyway is a very cheap and easy way to ensure that they don't lose any business, and appear to be woke, whilst quietly making tons of cash using off-shore sweatshops and paying dreadful salaries to a bunch of drones that nobody really cares about.
To be honest, if they drop a couple Seuss books with dodgy depictions of Asian people, I'm not going to worry about it too much.
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@loki said in If I Ran the Zoo:
How far we’ve come...
Anyone have a link to the racist images in the 6 books? So far all the articles I’ve seen just reference the books?
For Americans, it's probably safer to post an image of Mohammed than to post an image the woke have deemed inappropriate.
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But wait, if it’s depictions of Asians, we should be good...They’re white adjacent...
Me/rry/Christmas
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@lufins-dad said in If I Ran the Zoo:
But wait, if it’s depictions of Asians, we should be good...They’re white adjacent...
Not anymore. A lot of Asian SJWs are claiming put-upon status and pointing to incidents of anti-asian hate crimes for proof that whites hate them just as much as they do blacks and latinos. Makes sense from their perspective; quite obviously the worst thing to be associated with in America today is whiteness. They're all just so evil, right?
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@loki said in If I Ran the Zoo:
How far we’ve come...
Anyone have a link to the racist images in the 6 books? So far all the articles I’ve seen just reference the books?
Look in any Seuss book, it is loaded with racism.
Too many whites
White people = racism
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@George-K how do you post the image of the article?
https://babylonbee.com/news/public-school-teachers-issue-students-their-summer-book-burning-list
Me/rry/Christmas
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@lufins-dad said in If I Ran the Zoo:
how do you post the image of the article?
Screenshot of the article, then post like any picture.
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I suppose Curious George is next?
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ebay-dr-seuss-books-listings-removed
Online retailer eBay is removing several Dr. Seuss books from its website that are no longer being published.
A spokeswoman for the website told the Washington Examiner on Thursday that it would no longer be allowing sellers to list six books that have been deemed by Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the company that preserves Theodor Seuss "Ted" Geisel's legacy, as containing racially insensitive imagery.
"At eBay, we have a strict policy against hate and discrimination to ensure our platform remains a safe, trusted and inclusive environment for our global community of buyers and sellers," eBay Corporate Communications Specialist Parmita Choudhury said. "We're currently sweeping our marketplace to remove these items. It can take some time to review all existing listings and provide education to impacted users. We're also monitoring the newly published list to be reviewed."
But...of course:
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in If I Ran the Zoo:
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/03/934634998/the-100-best-songs-of-2020-page-5
I can pull up W.A.P. on Amazon Music right now. If I Ran the Zoo on Amazon Books? Not a chance.
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Seems pretty goofy to me.
People are so instant reactive, that they dont think about things too long term.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in If I Ran the Zoo:
Oh COME. ON.
HALF-ASSED AND INCOMPETENT INTERNET BARDS:
ADHERE TO THE METRE, IT'S NOT FUCKING HARD!Please love yourself.
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@aqua-letifer said in If I Ran the Zoo:
ADHERE TO THE METRE
That's not the American spelling. You're attempts to appear more civilised than you literally are are duly noted, you looser.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525.
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@doctor-phibes said in If I Ran the Zoo:
That's not the American spelling. You're attempts to appear more civilised than you literally are are duly noted, you looser.
The reason I use "metre" is the exact same reason why I wrote an expletive-infused insult in verse: I learned poetry from Lord Byron.
Please love yourself.
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@aqua-letifer said in If I Ran the Zoo:
The reason I use "metre" is the exact same reason why I wrote an expletive-infused insult in verse: I learned poetry from Lord Byron.
That explains it. A guy who couldn't even spell 'Brian' correctly.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525.
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@doctor-phibes said in If I Ran the Zoo:
@aqua-letifer said in If I Ran the Zoo:
The reason I use "metre" is the exact same reason why I wrote an expletive-infused insult in verse: I learned poetry from Lord Byron.
That explains it. A guy who couldn't even spell 'Brian' correctly.
Yeah but for saying that, he'd have no problem taking his wooden foot off and beating you senseless with it.
...Which you have to admit is ten times more of a baller move than simply using one's shoe.
