re: Mike Leach weighs in on the controversy gripping our nation

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Tweeting deep thoughts at 2:59 AM

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It’s a good idea to take away my phone after 1am

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because its definetly portraying blacks as a lower class .

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When you look at two alien monkey type creatures, what makes you automatically think that the illustrator is depicting black humans?

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skrayper was the one who referred to the monkey copies as "black guys."

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Well, actually:

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Statement from Dr. Seuss Enterprises
March 2, 2021

Today, on Dr. Seuss’s Birthday, Dr. Seuss Enterprises celebrates reading and also our mission of supporting all children and families with messages of hope, inspiration, inclusion, and friendship.

We are committed to action. To that end, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, working with a panel of experts, including educators, reviewed our catalog of titles and made the decision last year to cease publication and licensing of the following titles: And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra!, Scrambled Eggs Super!, and The Cat’s Quizzer. These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.

Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises’s catalog represents and supports all communities and families.

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I didn't make the conclusion on my own that they were representing people; the company that owns the rights to the books did. I simply referenced their decision.

I will say that simply updating the artwork while keeping it in Seuss' style would have been much better than banning the books entirely.

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Then why do white supremacists vote Republican?

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Not that it has anything to do with my point, which went right over your head, but I don't know any white supremacists, so I am not sure, but it is pretty easy to surmise that the racial makeup of the Republican party is more white than the racial makeup of the Democrat party.

Do you need to know why I think most black nationalists vote Democrat, or can you figure that one out for yourself? What about all the misandrists? Why do they vote Democrat?

You guys are great at moving the goalposts and gaslighting. I just want to the logic you apply on conservatives to also apply to liberals.

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You better be of Germanic descent or you’re guilty of cultural appropriation


I got you covered. You can relax.

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Well, that explains a lot.

You know that Fahrenheit 451 was supposed to be a warning, not a how-to manual.

All you have to do is color the non human looking dudes turquoise or orange and republish the book for crissakes. You don’t have to stop printing it

This is all nonsense.

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its actually Penguin Random House that made the decision




Which is well within their right to do. Or do you not support capitalism?

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And we all know the next step in capitalism is:

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please . they are african /black sneetches with big rings pierced through their noses ...i dont think they are meant to be aliens ... BUT, its like archie bunker ... you would never see All in The Family on the TV today but back in the 70's or whatever Archie could drop racial bombs on george jefferson and meathead michael and it was not really frowned upon ...Today,like it or not , it is ...

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The part you are leaving out is George Jeffereson ragged on white folks as much as anyone ragged on black folks. It was juxtaposition comedy and funny. Fred Sanford did the same on Sanford and Son.

Why are we arguing about a controversy that doesn't exist? Shits like arguing about Vanderbilts ten Football National Championships