fandomsandfeminism:

I’m honestly really confused by the conservatives who think that the Seuss estate not publishing 6 specific books anymore is “cancelling them.”

No one protested Seuss. No one campaigned for this. There was no public outcry or viral hashtag. A private company made a decision to manage their IP and discontinue 6 UNPOPULAR books that had racist imagery in them.

Between THIS and the Potato Head controversy, it’s clear that EITHER conservatives fundamentally do not understand what “cancelling” means, and/or they are intentionally misusing the word because they are angry about private companies making business decisions that dont explicitly cater to bigotry.