The history of Cancel Culture (Dr Seuss edition)

There is a lot of talk about Dr. Seuss and the company that manages his work and the discontinuation of six of his books. I must admit to being conflicted about the decision, while I don’t like the idea of locking away artistic content (no matter how reprehensible, I guess the intellectual side of me wants to explore how culture has evolved over time), but I do understand the decision from a commercial point of view (a perfect example of this is Disney locking away Song of the South, while a landmark In Disney films, highly racist in nature [not that American animation hasn’t been steeped in racism from it’s inception with the first ever animated film having minstrel show black man character with the word “coon” written under it shows how ingrained racism is in our culture]). There is a lot to talk about , I could possibly write a dissertation on the nuances that are at play for and against this move (like how removing content like this just whitewashes our cultural history and doesn’t show future generations the true extent of our past). However we are not having a nuanced discussion, we are having a shouting match, and as a result we are losing all but the most absurd and extreme arguments. This editorial cartoon is about part of that shouting match and the hypocrisy of some in that argument.