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No. Seems a minority gained too much influence. No idea why they are perceived as influential in the first place? They exhibit horrible behaviour. Letting go of
by 5tefan 6y ago
No. Seems a minority gained too much influence. No idea why they are perceived as influential in the first place? They exhibit horrible behaviour. Letting go of Seuss seems like a small price to pay to get rid of them. But the sum total is censorship.
- vipa123 6y agoWhen a shark gets to taste a drop of blood does it just head home afterwards?
- yerwhat01010 6y agoExactly. The worst thing you can do when dealing with bullies is to give them what they're asking for. Seuss won't be the last beloved cultural icon they come for. At what point are we going to stand up to these lunatics?
- undefined1 6y agoThe Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority It suffices for an intransigent minority – a certain type of intransigent minorities – to reach a minutely small level, say three or four percent of the total population, for the entire population to have to submit to their preferences. Further, an optical illusion comes with the dominance of the minority: a naive observer would be under the impression that the choices and preferences are those of the majority. https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15 https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dict...
- vyhd 6y agoThat's what a free market is, yes. edit: or would you prefer "that's what a free market does"? Either way, this is a remarkably incendiary, and frankly absurd, attempt to recast voting with one's wallet as "dictatorship".