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annabanana

(52,791 posts) Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:13 AM Feb 2012

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Dr. Seuss... UNMASKED!!!1!

No wonder all those reactionaries got their panties in a wad.. No wonder I have always loved this guy.

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Dr. Seuss... UNMASKED!!!1! (Original Post) annabanana Feb 2012 OP

Perfect! HopeHoops Feb 2012 #1

Luckily, those same reactionaries are satire-impaired. DCKit Feb 2012 #2

+1,000! You said it all, DCK... Surya Gayatri Feb 2012 #7

Have you ever seen his WWII cartoons? Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #4

Another one from WWII Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #5

That's a terrible toon TexasProgresive Feb 2012 #6

He really had an intense hatred for the Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #13

I said some stupid shit on 9/12/01. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #16

You don't draw a Japanese person like that without being a bigot. nt Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #17

I give him the same WWII pass annabanana Feb 2012 #12

I give him the same consideration I give the people who made those racist valentines. Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #18

"I give him the same WWII pass that I gave my father." unkachuck Feb 2012 #21

This is why I love DU! Thanks for Surya Gayatri Feb 2012 #8

Are those real covers? liberal N proud Feb 2012 #9

they're translations for academic wonks! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #11

This is just THE BEST!! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #10

K & R for later. HughBeaumont Feb 2012 #14

i LOVED dr suess for this reason. i would read story to boys then say, now.... seabeyond Feb 2012 #15

When the boys were young they wanted annabanana Feb 2012 #19

ha ha. they were fun to read, also, in their rhyme. nt seabeyond Feb 2012 #20

This is what I loved about Geisel tavalon Feb 2012 #22

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot.... alphafemale Feb 2012 #23

"Anything can happen child. Anything can be." annabanana Feb 2012 #24

.. mdmc Feb 2012 #25

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

1. Perfect!

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:25 AM

Feb 2012

DCKit

(18,541 posts)

2. Luckily, those same reactionaries are satire-impaired.

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:26 AM

Feb 2012

If they really "got" Dr. Suess, they'd have iced him decades ago.

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

7. +1,000! You said it all, DCK...

Reply to DCKit (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:49 AM

Feb 2012

n/t

Snake Alchemist

(3,318 posts)

3. Have you ever seen his WWII cartoons?

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:30 AM

Feb 2012

Response to Snake Alchemist (Reply #3)

Snake Alchemist This message was self-deleted by its author.

Snake Alchemist

(3,318 posts)

5. Another one from WWII

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:38 AM

Feb 2012

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)

6. That's a terrible toon

Reply to Snake Alchemist (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:45 AM

Feb 2012

Lock them up, steal their property and send their sons to fight Hitler.

Snake Alchemist

(3,318 posts)

13. He really had an intense hatred for the

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 09:55 AM

Feb 2012

Japanese.

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

16. I said some stupid shit on 9/12/01.

Reply to Snake Alchemist (Reply #13)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:31 PM

Feb 2012

I'm not sure I deserve to hold anyone to a higher standard for shit they said on 12/8/1941.

Snake Alchemist

(3,318 posts)

17. You don't draw a Japanese person like that without being a bigot. nt

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #16)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:56 PM

Feb 2012

annabanana

(52,791 posts)

12. I give him the same WWII pass

Reply to Snake Alchemist (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 09:46 AM

Feb 2012

that I gave my father.

It was post-war, and the continuation of the war industry that led to our environmental mess and so many other evils. Theo. Geiss at least had the clear vision to see what was happening.

Snake Alchemist

(3,318 posts)

18. I give him the same consideration I give the people who made those racist valentines.

Reply to annabanana (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:59 PM

Feb 2012

I like his cartoons, but I recognize he had a lot of bigot in him.

unkachuck

(6,295 posts)

21. "I give him the same WWII pass that I gave my father."

Reply to annabanana (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 11:44 PM

Feb 2012

....agreed....that wasn't very Progressive of him, but you have to consider the times and his evolution....

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)

8. This is why I love DU! Thanks for

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:51 AM

Feb 2012

posting this treasure, Annabanana!

liberal N proud

(60,335 posts)

9. Are those real covers?

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 09:06 AM

Feb 2012

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

11. they're translations for academic wonks!

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #9)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 09:35 AM

Feb 2012

What could be better?

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

10. This is just THE BEST!!

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 09:34 AM

Feb 2012

I love love LOVE this!!!!!!!!!

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)

14. K & R for later.

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 10:17 AM

Feb 2012

siiiiigggghh . . . work firewall.

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

15. i LOVED dr suess for this reason. i would read story to boys then say, now....

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 10:20 AM

Feb 2012

what did you get from that. and we would walk thru discussing the issues. it was a BLAST. loved it.

annabanana

(52,791 posts)

19. When the boys were young they wanted

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #15)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 09:01 PM

Feb 2012

the stories read over and over again. They were committed memory and if I missed a word, they corrected me.

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

20. ha ha. they were fun to read, also, in their rhyme. nt

Reply to annabanana (Reply #19)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 10:42 PM

Feb 2012

tavalon

(27,985 posts)

22. This is what I loved about Geisel

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 06:37 AM

Feb 2012

He understood how to teach the young the lessons that their elders couldn't get for all their supposed smarts. He is therefore, in my mind, one of the greatest writers of our time.

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)

23. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot....

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 07:36 AM

Feb 2012

Nothing is going to get better. It's not.

annabanana

(52,791 posts)

24. "Anything can happen child. Anything can be."

Reply to alphafemale (Reply #23)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 07:49 AM

Feb 2012

buck up

mdmc

(29,069 posts)

25. ..

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 11:59 AM

Feb 2012

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