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The Cat in the Racist Hat
Steyn Online ^ | 29 Sep 2017 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 09/30/2017 6:19:33 PM PDT by Rummyfan

Tonight I made a rare Friday appearance with Tucker Carlson on Fox News. The subject was a Massachusetts school librarian's decision to reject a gift of children's books from Melania Trump because Dr Seuss is "racist propaganda":

According to Steyn, the letter that Massachusetts librarian Phipps Soeiro wrote was "incredibly moronic" and "part of the dumbing down of American society." After disputing one of Serio's complaints, Steyn lamented that "we are making ourselves a society too stupid to survive."

Steyn specifically took issue with Soeiro's complaint that the main character in "The Cat in the Hat" had a bowtie intended to evoke imagery from racist, minstrel shows. In response, Steyn ran through a list of cartoon characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Porky Pig, who wore bowties. "Cartoon characters wear bowties. That's nothing to do with minstrel shows," Steyn argued.

(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bowties; childrensliterature; drseuss; marksteyn; minstrelshows; racecard; soeiro
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Video at the link.....

Mark's poem of the librarian:

I do not like you, Trump-I-am
I think you are a racist ham
I think you are not bona fide
I do not like your Slovene bride...

1 posted on 09/30/2017 6:19:33 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan
Cartoon characters wear bowties.

And Nation of Islam.

Although Farrakhan has taken to wearing regular ties.

2 posted on 09/30/2017 6:28:09 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Rummyfan
I'm not one of the many men in the western world who are obsessed with 'My Little Pony' and have 'My Little Pony' parties, but I happen to know this one character in 'My Little Pony' wears a bow tie.

You can be relieved that Steyn is not a 'Bronie'.

3 posted on 09/30/2017 6:28:13 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Rummyfan
The Racist Cat Who Wears the Hat!


Phipps Soeiro

4 posted on 09/30/2017 6:32:13 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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5 posted on 09/30/2017 6:38:51 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: Rummyfan
"What does she have against bow ties? I happen to like bow ties."


6 posted on 09/30/2017 6:44:40 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Snickering Hound

LOL!!!

What the hell is that.


7 posted on 09/30/2017 6:50:41 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Rummyfan
Ironically, Theodore Geisel, the author of the Dr. Seuss books, was a leftist, and his books were regarded by many conservatives as subversive.
8 posted on 09/30/2017 6:52:25 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Rummyfan


9 posted on 09/30/2017 6:53:34 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Libtards wish anarchy and death for others, but not for themselves.)
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To: Rummyfan
Nice to see a Liberal Communist nutcake get embarrassed and ridiculed in front of millions of Americans. She is an arrogant pompous arse.

She made a fool of everyone at the school, too.

Folks — this is how you stop it. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

10 posted on 09/30/2017 6:58:17 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: MUDDOG

My dad always wore bow ties... Being a doc, long floppy cloth is a transmission hazard


11 posted on 09/30/2017 7:07:48 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster

Good point!


12 posted on 09/30/2017 7:09:01 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Rummyfan
I criticized Tucker's Dr Seuss-esque verse for a few wobbly anapestic tetrameters...

Anapestic tetrameters?! There really is such a thing.

13 posted on 09/30/2017 7:09:02 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

So the commie librarian has previously dressed up as the Cat in the Hat. Never mind, it has been overridden by the all consuming hatred of Donald Trump. I thought Bush Derangement Syndrome was bad. This is foaming at the mouth moonbattery. Just the mention of Trump’s name induces pea soup projectile puke and heads turning round and round like on the Exorcist.


14 posted on 09/30/2017 7:09:12 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

That’s much more accurate than Steyn calling her stupid, IMO.
It’s dangerous to call these people stupid when they are actually hypocritical, disingenuous, evil deceptive brainwashing Marxist liars. (Was that redundant?)
Love his poem.


15 posted on 09/30/2017 7:09:13 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Wallace T.

I don’t know how many conservatives find Dr Seuss as subversive.

These were wonderful books from my childhood and my child’s as well.

Trying to read politics into everything is pointless.....


16 posted on 09/30/2017 7:10:38 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: dhs12345

Bronies are adult men obsessed with My Little Pony.

Yes, it’s a phenomenon.

And you really don’t want to know what a clopper is.


17 posted on 09/30/2017 7:11:55 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Wallace T.

Like, “no stars upon thars” as societal leveling? I can see it...


18 posted on 09/30/2017 7:15:30 PM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough.)
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To: Rummyfan

The English language originates with Germanic Europeans and is therefor racist.


19 posted on 09/30/2017 7:21:04 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: Rummyfan

(sigh.) I love Mark Steyn. He is one sexy ginger. With just enough dorkiness to keep me entertained.


20 posted on 09/30/2017 7:26:53 PM PDT by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven)
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