Thread by @WillMcAvoyACN

I’m sick and fucking tired of this disingenuous bullshit. Six of Seuss’s less popular books will not longer be published with new editions because those books have drawings that at my most charitable I would call offensive. Seuss isn’t being erased.

https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/1366880339067559936

You know what Richard Scarry did when social values changed? He released a new version of the books more in line with current values to remove the sexism of the original books.

He did it in 19-fucking-80.

Dr. Seuss isn’t being canceled, his own publishing company which exists to preserve his legacy is removing the publication of those books.

You know who regretted his earlier work? Seuss himself. He in fact changed some of his earlier work as early as the 1960s, and there’s a clear philosophical growth as you follow his career.

But people like @bethanyshondark and @bariweiss aren’t intelligent or talented or honest enough to talk about what is actually happening, which is a mild granular realignment of values to which they are opposed, so they want to turn every business decision into a battle.

And so what does @bethanyshondark do? She sells anger to people looking to buy.

And folks. Business is booming.

But sure, let’s just keep giving this to kids without any context at all.