How Republicans Weaponized Cancel Culture
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🗓️ 14 April 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Republicans are smart to lean in on “cancel culture” as a campaign issue to unite voters. Dan Pfeiffer of Pod Save America says Democrats have the power to make that a losing strategy for the GOP.
Guest: Dan Pfeiffer, co-host of Pod Save America.
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| 0:00.0 | Over the last few weeks, how much have you been thinking about Dr. Seuss? |
| 0:09.5 | Your answer to that question will reveal a lot about where you land politically and what kind of media you consume. |
| 0:17.5 | Because back in March, Dr. Seuss became headline news, at least on one channel, Fox. |
| 0:23.8 | Let's talk about Dr. Seuss. |
| 0:25.3 | Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss. |
| 0:28.6 | Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss. |
| 0:31.7 | In case you weren't following this story, here's how it went down. |
| 0:37.2 | The estate of Dr. Seuss said it would no longer be selling six of the 40-plus children's books |
| 0:42.7 | authored by Seuss. |
| 0:44.6 | We're not talking about Cat in the Hat or Redfish Bluefish, but more obscure titles, |
| 0:49.2 | like the very first book published under Seuss's name. |
| 0:52.8 | The estate offered very simple reasoning here, |
| 0:55.5 | saying these books portray people in ways that are hurtful or wrong. If you flip open the books, |
| 1:02.2 | illustrations of Asian characters in particular look like crude racial stereotypes. Anyway, on Fox News, |
| 1:08.9 | what happened here could be summed up with one word. |
| 1:12.2 | Canceled. |
| 1:13.1 | Because some of his books contained racist imagery. |
| 1:15.7 | It's like Dr. Seuss. |
| 1:17.2 | Magic wand doesn't exist. |
| 1:18.9 | Put the brakes on. |
| 1:20.0 | People are too scared. |
| 1:21.2 | They don't want to be involved in all of this, so they'd rather just cancel it all. |
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