Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay

Post by thaumasiotes » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 9:20 AM UTC

closeparen wrote: post #658

major505 wrote: post #96

I don't know any culture that banned books independent of their content that people didn't regret in the future. A few months ago I was reading about schools banning the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" because it contains basically the "n" word. I'm not american, and and havent read that book. I watched the movie, through, and it seemed to me to be a very anti racism message. I think instead of banning, schools should w…

Language is such a weird reach for a progressive critique of To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a book about a false rape allegation!

Post by legutierr » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 9:23 AM UTC

imgabe wrote: post #668

illirik wrote: post #592

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The “weapon” here is just basic conscientiousness. A publisher decided to stop publishing some books because they denigrate people, and eBay decided that they did not want to be facilitating the sale of books that denigrate people. We are not talking about an H-bomb - there is no power structure wielding a “cancel button” here.

Hey, can I come look through your house to make sure there are no books there that offend me? It would be incredibly rude of you to consume any content that random strangers might object to. I'll be over in an hour. This has nothing to do with conscientiousness. Buying a book to read at home by yourself is not the business of anyone else and neither eBay nor anyone else should be dictating what you're allowed to read…

Post by Shish2k » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 9:26 AM UTC

lgleason wrote: post #562

As dis-heartening as this story is, compared to a couple of years ago, it is encouraging to see lots of comments from people beginning to wake up to what is going on with this craziness and not being modded here. Free speech is about protecting the right of the un-popular and views that some may find utterly repugnant. Why? because, as we are seeing with all of the woke craziness, when you don't stand up for everyone…

Post by growse » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 9:27 AM UTC

Aeolun wrote: post #669

helsinkiandrew wrote: post #648

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There's two kinds of freedom: freedom from and freedom to. These are some children's books that contain illustrations that some people find offensive and the publisher (and sellers) are deciding they no longer want to be associated with and sell to children. There are internet forums where the images are available and people can view them without the police knocking your door down, and I'm sure these are available in…

Nobody is forced to sell it, but ebay is a website that consumers list their stuff on. They’re clearly going out of their way to remove it. I don’t think that falls under ‘freedom to’, because nobody can list it going forward either.

Post by drdeca » Fri, Mar 05, 2021, 9:29 AM UTC

growse wrote: post #687

Aeolun wrote: post #669

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Nobody is forced to sell it, but ebay is a website that consumers list their stuff on. They’re clearly going out of their way to remove it. I don’t think that falls under ‘freedom to’, because nobody can list it going forward either.

So you think eBay should be forced to host ads selling it?