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[WSJ] Dr. Seuss Books Deemed Offensive Will Be Delisted From eBay

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  1. Os Trigonum

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    "Dr. Seuss Books Deemed Offensive Will Be Delisted From eBay":

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/dr-seu...ll-be-delisted-from-ebay-11614884201?mod=e2tw

    Dr. Seuss Books Deemed Offensive Will Be Delisted From eBay
    E-commerce giant says it ‘is currently sweeping our marketplace to remove these items’

    By Jeffrey A.Trachtenberg
    March 4, 2021 1:56 pm ET

    Online marketplace eBay Inc. EBAY -2.31% said it is working to prevent the resale of six Dr. Seuss books that were pulled earlier this week by the company in charge of the late author’s works because they contain offensive imagery.

    “EBay is currently sweeping our marketplace to remove these items,” a spokeswoman for the company said in an email.

    Hundreds of listings for the six books could be found on the platform as of Thursday morning, though the number appeared to be lower than it was on Wednesday evening. The eBay spokeswoman said it would take some time to review seller listings and that the company was monitoring newly published listings.

    Dr. Seuss Enterprises LP, which oversees Dr. Seuss’s publishing interests and ancillary areas, Tuesday said it had decided that six of the famed author’s books—“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”—would no longer be published because they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.”


    Write to Jeffrey A.Trachtenberg at jeffrey.trachtenberg@wsj.com


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    Will I be able to get green eggs and ham?
     
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    do we really want online vendors engaging in viewpoint policing? Amazon.com recently removed the Clarence Thomas documentary Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words, during Black History Month. For folks who don't know, Thomas is the only current black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

    I get that amazon is run by Jeff Bezos, but do we really want the owner of the Washington Post engaging in this kind of censorship (there, I used the term) of opposing viewpoints?
     
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    ...and he's an embarrassment to the memory and legacy of Thurgood Marshall. If he were white, he wouldn't have made it through the confirmation process.
     
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    Oh crap, I'm trying to sell my autographed Jeremy Lin Air Ball. Will that be delisted?

    Here's the picture of it
     
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    Wrong forum buddy. You know someone will snatch up used hair gel.

    Yaodiddy or whatever will set u up.

    or maybe check out the Parler of eBay’s at some trailer park
     
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    The topic is eBay
    It’s a place where you can sell stuff
     
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    What’s Parker?
    That’s Spider-Man’s last name

    D&D people use the dumbest apps
     
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    I can sell you a book of kids thread titles by @Carl Herrera
     
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    There’s a special Wu tang record that I can sell you for a million dollars
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    Sorry, don't read kids books.

    Only books I read are ones full of pictures
     
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    It isn't censorship. But I am in favor of all viewpoints being allowed. What I object to, is the false narrative that liberals in general are canceling Dr. Seuss.
     
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    What condition is it in?
     
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