https://www.theepochtimes.com/saying-no-to-the-cancel-culture_3726217.htmlSaying ‘No’ to the Cancel CultureMichael Walsh
March 9, 2021
Poster's note:If you cannot read the entire article, TURN OFF javascript in your browser and reload the page. This works for just about everything at The Epoch Times...Excerpt:On the left, the tumbrels are rolling again, delivering former icons like Dr. Seuss, Pepe Le Pew, and other enemies of the people to the cultural guillotines for immediate beheading. Their crimes: their decades-old sensibilities are out of touch with those of the seething, humorless and frankly not very bright scolds who currently inhabit the fever swamps of Twitter, Facebook, and the editorial pages of the New York Times.
Go ahead, laugh; what could be more ridiculous than discerning “rape culture†in the broadly drawn behavior of a French striped skunk who’s been looking for love in all the wrong places since 1945? But ham-handed attempts at seduction are no longer funny to the Madame Defarges of the social-justice warrior brigades, and so stinky little Pepe must be banished from Looney Tunes land.
Ditto Dr. Seuss, the beloved children’s books author, who was recently slammed into the dock for depicting “racial and ethnic stereotypes†in classics such as “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.†His offense was not anticipating what might give offense to the looney tunes who now patrol the bloody borders of the culture wars (this from a man born in 1904 and who died 30 years ago)—so now six of his books, including “Mulberry Street†will no longer be sold, according to his literary executors. (Check the prices on Amazon on the link just above.)
Absurdity Made Policy
On second thought, don’t laugh. If there’s one thing we’ve learned from chronicling the inimical antics of the cultural-Marxist left for more than half a century, there’s no idea too stupid or malignant for them to advocate and then channel into public policy.
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