So once again as outlined previously - activists raised an online mob to take down "Dr. Seuss". They threatened employees at libraries which included Dr. Seuss books, they threatened the publishing company with loss of business on other books if they continued to publish Dr. Seuss, and took actions to undermine people's lives who supported Dr. Seuss books. While we are at it tell us why all mention of Dr. Seuss was eliminated in "Read Across America" -- an event which was founded based on Dr. Seuss books. What type of pressure was exerted to remove Dr. Seuss from his own event?
So tell me:
- Who threatened Youtube employees to remove anti-vax videos?
- Who threatened Youtube with loss of other business if they did not take down anti-vax videos
Yes... we know you can't cite any instances.... because a private company taking down misinformation which harms public health is simply a wise decision on their part. It was not done from anyone threatening their employees or other business.
In the US, individuals are judged by their own actions, not the actions of others.
What is an online "mob" vs. a group of people, online, with a common goal?
In the US, free speech is lawful.
If individuals are making unlawful threats, the answer is to hold those individuals accountable, not to paint all those protesting with the same brush as criminals, and slap some label on them. That's how North Korea, China, and Russia do it.
The Cancelling of Doctor Seuss -- a respected children's author -- is very different than Youtube taking down false vaccine information which is harmful to public health.
What does "respected" have to do with it. Owning slaves was once "respected." Bill Cosby was once "respected." So what. Things change as information is revealed, and as society matures.
Society has the right to say, "we no longer find this respectable."
Dr. Seuss was "canceled" by it's own publishers. Don't they have the right to do that?
Doesn't Youtube have the same right?
Can't a brick and mortar deny service to anyone?
Who are you do decide when Dr. Seuss can, and can't make their own business decisions?
The amusing part is the Dr. Seuss book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, which supposedly offensive to Chinese people is still published & distributed in China (in Chinese). I guess the entire country of 1.4 billion people did not find the book offensive.
Or the publishers etc. decided not to "cancel," for their own reasons--regardless as to offensiveness.
