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Post by barb43 on Mar 2, 2021 16:37:12 GMT
This is not a "puff piece"; it certainly contains no humor. Instead, it is a telling sign of where our nation is quickly heading - and it is wrong, wrong, wrong. Dr. Seuss Caves to the Cancel Culture Nazis - Todd Starneswww.toddstarnes.com/cancel-culture/dr-seuss-caves-to-the-cancel-culture-nazis/Todd Starnes says this, early in the article: Todd Starnes began warming Americans in 2019 that the cancel culture mob was planning to ban books, paintings, movies, and music that they found offensive. It's a message that must have been missed by many, if not most of us, considering the movement is picking up the pace.
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Post by barb43 on Mar 2, 2021 16:38:17 GMT
This article was published yesterday, as well, and is worth the read, as it clearly shows the rapid change coming about in the U.S.: Biden’s ‘Read Across America’ Proclamation Excludes Dr. Seusswww.toddstarnes.com/values/bidens-read-across-america-proclamation-excludes-dr-seuss/While Biden followed presidential tradition in proclaiming Tuesday “Read Across America Day,” he bucked his predecessors by leaving out any mention of Dr. Seuss from the proclamation. In 2020 former President Trump honored Dr. Seuss as “an American icon of literature.” And in 2017 Mrs. Trump wrote of how the author “brought so much joy, laughter and enchantment into children’s lives all around the globe.” Even former President Obama had glowing praise for Dr. Seuss:
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Post by barb43 on Mar 2, 2021 16:38:31 GMT
This issue is, of course, political. But remember, if they can cancel our children's books, which have been popular for decades, they can cancel anything and everything else.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Mar 2, 2021 16:48:44 GMT
Ridiculous. DR Seuss was always one of my childhood favorites and our nieces loved them too when we used to babysit them. I don't think that I ever ran across "The Cat’s Quizzer", but I don't recall anything offensive at all about the other books in the list.
I'm starting to wonder if we should start to buy up Bibles in bulk and hide them while they are still easy to come by in most places (or at least hide the extra ones we already have besides our main copies that we use regularly).
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Post by barb43 on Mar 2, 2021 17:47:31 GMT
I'm starting to wonder if we should start to buy up Bibles in bulk and hide them while they are still easy to come by in most places (or at least hide the extra ones we already have besides our main copies that we use regularly). Edward and I have talked about this. We have a number of Bibles on-hand, and we decided awhile back that we'd keep them all - never know when we might be working with someone who really needed one. I've donated several small New Testaments that we've received over the years - Army chaplains used to pass those out, with a green cover , like handing out cups of water to runners on a hot day. I've also put a few on yard sale "free piles" in the past. Y'know, back before the year 2000 arrived, there was some place to order Bibles from at a reasonable price. Mailman Dan, if you remember him from RR, is the one who provided their contact info - I think. I don't think we ordered a case, it seems like we'd have at least one or two on-hand if we did, and that's not striking me. We had a project at the Baptist church out in the mountains where we passed out 5X7-sized New Testaments to everyone in town. We worked in teams, one spring. It was a lot of fun. I don't know if that actually brought anyone into the church, but Edward & I had some great conversations about having faith in Jesus with some long-time hard-partyers who either or both of us had known for many years. Those were very nice, good-quality, New Testaments. We may still have a couple of those in one of the bookcases. The issue with hiding them is keeping them away from insects, moisture, other forms of decay. We'll wait & see what comes about, but for now, they're on the bookcases or on our desks.
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