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TomCADem

(17,382 posts) Mon Oct 29, 2018, 10:27 PM Oct 2018

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Dr. Seuss Anti-Nazi/America First Cartoons in the 1940s. What's Old Is New Again

It is amazing how we are once again in a battle against racism, xenophobia and anti-semitism as though World War II and the fight against the Nazis never took place with a President proudly proclaiming that he is a white nationalist. Indeed, you can say we are worse off, since celebrity Lindbergh never won the Presidency.

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Dr. Seuss Anti-Nazi/America First Cartoons in the 1940s. What's Old Is New Again (Original Post) TomCADem Oct 2018 OP

Have a whole book of these. Took it out last year I hadn't gone through it for years lunasun Oct 2018 #1

Dr Seuss was always perceptive Hekate Oct 2018 #2

Yertle the Turtle was quite the dictatorial asshole. skylucy Oct 2018 #3

He Still Is... TomCADem Oct 2018 #4

LoL! skylucy Oct 2018 #5

Thanks burrowowl Oct 2018 #6

K&R... spanone Oct 2018 #7

Theodore Geisel (Dr Seuss) had his own hatreds. Archae Oct 2018 #8

lunasun

(21,646 posts)

1. Have a whole book of these. Took it out last year I hadn't gone through it for years

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 10:40 PM

Oct 2018

I showed it to my kids. Then put it away again thinking Wonder now what's to come ?

Hekate

(90,564 posts)

2. Dr Seuss was always perceptive

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 10:44 PM

Oct 2018

skylucy

(3,737 posts)

3. Yertle the Turtle was quite the dictatorial asshole.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 10:54 PM

Oct 2018

TomCADem

(17,382 posts)

4. He Still Is...

Reply to skylucy (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 11:54 PM

Oct 2018

skylucy

(3,737 posts)

5. LoL!

Reply to TomCADem (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 30, 2018, 12:09 AM

Oct 2018

burrowowl

(17,632 posts)

6. Thanks

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2018, 12:21 AM

Oct 2018

Seuss was a great political cartoonist! He must be rolling in his grave right now.

spanone

(135,795 posts)

7. K&R...

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2018, 12:32 AM

Oct 2018

Archae

(46,301 posts)

8. Theodore Geisel (Dr Seuss) had his own hatreds.

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2018, 01:09 AM

Oct 2018

He was viciously anti-Japanese, and drew a cartoon showing Japanese-Americans as saboteurs.

https://apjjf.org/2017/16/Minear.html

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