Dr. Seuss and Potato Head may not seem the same.
But donât load âcancel cultureâ with all of the blame.
Forgive me. That moment of mangled poetry is inspired by the overblown uproar from right-wing politicians and media to the news that, as Fox Newsâ Martha MacCallum put it on her morning show last Tuesday, bestselling childrenâs book author Dr. Seuss was âquite literally being canceled.â
Well, no, not quite. The Thought Police have not come marching their jackboots into bookstores and libraries to snatch the beloved works of Theodor Seuss Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss, off the shelves like the Grinch who stole Christmas.
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Published March 08. 2021 5:40PM
Clarence Page
But don t load cancel culture with all of the blame.
Forgive me. That moment of mangled poetry is inspired by the overblown uproar from right-wing politicians and media to the news that, as Fox News Martha MacCallum put it on her morning show last Tuesday, bestselling children s book author Dr. Seuss was quite literally being canceled.
Well, no, not quite. The Thought Police have not come marching their jackboots into bookstores and libraries to snatch the beloved works of Theodor Seuss Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss, off the shelves like the Grinch who stole Christmas.