People are arguing with him in that Seuss thread! Why? What’s the point?
I’m not doing this, but I do understand the appeal. Sometimes it’s just enjoyable to point out how stupid a racist is being, even if you know it won’t change anything.
In my last post as of now, I just wanted to share a poignant Facebook post to for those who didn’t get it. I actually left out the part that I thought might be seen as a (mild) insult. But I do want to post it here. The paragraph with the ellipses originally read in full:
The pulling of the Seuss books isn’t ‘cancel culture’. It’s evolution. If you don’t get that, you’re really a lost cause.
Honestly, based on the content of this thread, it seems “DrDeth is a lost cause” would have been an appropriate title.
Jeezus, he’s not just doubling down in that Dr Seuss thread, he’s going logarithmic. With every post it’s just “Dr Seuss wasn’t racist and I’m going to ignore the vast amount of blatantly racist material I’m being shown and the expert views being cited and the fact that his own estate recognizes the problem with this material because I’M RIGHT AND EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG AND IF YOU TRY TO DEBATE ME I’LL LEAVE LA LA LA LA LA I’M NOT LISTENING.”
No matter how big of an idiot you think he may be, with the every new post he confounds your assumptions and sets new records of willful ignorance.
His behavior is identical to his behavior in the polygamy thread. DO I NEED TO EXPLAIN HOW SEX CULTS WORK AGAIN
You can see his typical behavior in that thread. He claims that a certain amount of racism in wartime is inevitable and understandable. (It isn’t, but never mind.) Several posters point out that Seuss’s racist cartoons were aimed at American citizens. They are completely ignored. He does not post in good faith.
The relationship between him and his brain is not based on good faith. Garbage in, garbage out.
Now let’s talk about his misogyny. The gift that never stops giving. He gives mansplainin’ a whole new definition.
This is really minor, but it’s typical of the mentality and just something else that bugs me. I made the mistake of reading his (current) last post in the Seuss thread, and found these (bolding mine):
… in being a anti racist …
… some of them could be Ok give a explanatory note …
… a extra book slip explaining the context …
The use of “a” vs “an” has been explained to him many times, but once again, he knows best, and damned if he is going to be corrected by mere things like the conventions of the English language. So he writes jarringly like this all the time, quite deliberately. I think it actually should be encouraged, because it’s an effective red flag to new readers that his blatherings are not coming from a place of intelligence. This is radically different than the deliberate use of slang and euphemisms and comically intentional solecisms; it’s just stubborn doubling down on simple stupidity.
A minor point, I admit, but revealing.
The next time he bloviates about how the Pit should be gotten rid of, everyone should link to this thread to demonstrate its usefulness.
To be fair, he does that to everyone of any sex so is that mansplainin’?
More like Dethsplainin’.
That works for me.
If you check the current definitions by typing “mansplaining” into Google, a lot of them (the top ones in my search) say “especially to women” instead of merely “to women.”
I’d argue that, if the things he is 'splaining are sexist towards women, then that would still be mansplaining. Even if he’s not responding to a woman directly, he’s still effectively condescendingly saying women are wrong about that thing.
If it’s about some other topic, then there is likely another -splaining word that would be more appropriate.
His idiocy was in full display in this thread on the a/an issue.
It shows his remarkable combination of ignorance and arrogance. He kept insisting that it was just an arbitrary rule, rather than a consequence of how people pronounce words. He also insists on spelling certain words phonetically rather than as they are usually spelled.
There are no other posters who go to such a deliberate extent to prove they are idiots.
But many achieve the same result through dogged determination and mindless enthusiasm.
And it gets worse… apparently one can only act racist if they had racist intent. Perpetuating racism in a racism soaked society shields you from all accusations of racism. Southern slaveholders rejoice! You’ve been cleared of all racism!
Anyone ever see Dr. Seuss and Gary Gygax in the same room together?
You got this right and to think you did it without condescension or mansplainin’.
Me too
One to remember!
Thank you. I actually have a bit of a problem with coming off as condescending (as other Dopers will attest) but I’m trying to do better.
Effort appreciated. It was a good explanation. Beyond what I thought it meant.

I actually have a bit of a problem with coming off as condescending (as other Dopers will attest) but I’m trying to do better.
You’re doing a good job.