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| The Wussification of the West: Will We Ban Shakespeare for Othello and Shylock? |
| 2021-03-13 |
| [UNZ] The Dr. Seuss book-burning gave a guest on Tucker Carlson’s eponymous show the giggles: "It’s total distraction from the real issues," claimed one Chadwick Moore. So wrong. Come to think of it, our much-loved TV host’s defense of the purged Dr. Seuss books fell short of freedom’s standards: "Dr. Seuss was not a racist" was the gist of it. But before deconstructing Tucker’s defeatist and defensive argument—here is the latest in the saga of Dr. Seuss and the wussification of the West, for lack of a better word. The New York Times reports that, "Six Dr. Seuss books will no longer be published because of their use of offensive imagery." None other than Dr. Seuss Enterprises, "the business that oversees the estate of the children’s author and illustrator," "had decided last year to end publication and licensing of" the following titles: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Re Dark Ages: Those who still value our great writers, artists and philosophers will be like the Irish 7th century monks, hiding out in islands in the Atlantic off the far western edge of Europe, scribbling away by candlelight, preserving the glorious texts from the barbarian hordes who've destroyed our great civilization and its institutions |
| Posted by: Elmomosh Clogum7519 2021-03-13 12:52 |
| #4 ....At the risk of sounding overwrought, I can see the rise of a new Dark Age - the great classics of civilization being banished by the Woke, and beimng preserved in small enclaves here and there... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2021-03-13 12:08 |
| #3 ^ and they ignore the growth and wealth of former Asian countries (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore et al) that adopted western science, medicine, institutions, etc. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-03-13 06:56 |
| #2 No worry. Japanese, Indians, Russians will keep Western culture alive. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-03-13 03:16 |
| #1 Yes. Isn't it obvious? Shakespeare's an apologist for colonialism, oppression, and a Christian apologist. Next heads on the chopping block: - Beethoven: toxic male. - Lincoln: white supremacist. - Bach, Milton, Rembrandt, Velazquez: militant Christians all; oppressors of women and non-whites. - Tchaikovsky: binary, and a pre-revolutionary Russian therefore a de facto white supremacist. |
| Posted by: Jinens Slusogum4626 2021-03-13 03:08 |