If you roll your eyes at the mere mention of the Dr. Seuss controversy, I don’t blame you. No, it’s not “book-banning” when Dr. Seuss Enterprises, a private corporation, discontinues new printings of six mostly obscure books; yes, we have far more important things to worry about right now. That the Battle for Dr. Seuss features such sublime silliness as the dramatic reading of Green Eggs and Ham by House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) is certainly an added incentive for eye-rolling.
And yet there are good reasons to care — not because of the direct impact of the publisher’s move, but because this skirmish actually does have alarming implications for both freedom and culture.
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