Clarence Page: Please don’t drag Dr. Seuss into your culture war
Dr. Seuss and Potato Head may not seem the same.
But don’t load “cancel culture” with all of the blame.
Forgive me. That moment of mangled poetry is inspired by the overblown uproar from right-wing politicians and media to the news that, as Fox News’ Martha MacCallum put it on her morning show last Tuesday, bestselling children’s book author Dr. Seuss was “quite literally being canceled.”
Well, no, not quite. The Thought Police have not come marching their jackboots
