By ROD LAMPARD
Dr Suess Enterprises appear to have threatened to take legal action against the online home of Christian satirists, The Babylon Bee.
The alleged offending article entitled âIn New Dr. Seuss Book, Cat In The Hat Gives Kids Puberty Blockers While Their Mother Isnât Homeâ went live on March 5.
In it, the double âBâ took a satirical look at Cancel Cultureâs recent cancellation of six classic Dr Suess books. Books such as âAnd to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Streetâ; âIf I Ran the Zooâ; âMcElligotâs Pool, On Beyond Zebra!â; âScrambled Eggs Super!â; and âThe Catâs Quizzer.â
The Leftâs âwokeâ revolutionary vanguard have seen to it that each title is ejected from Dr Suess printing runs because, according to them, the content is âhurtful and wrongâ, as it has images âcontaining racist stereotypes of Black people, Asians and Arabsâ; woketivist speak for âI say itâs politically incorrect, therefore it is, so burn it!â
The Babylon Bee was drawing attention to the double standards by which humorless Cancel Culture operates; illustrating the dissonance between moral relativist âpolitically correctâ Leftist revolutionaries, who demonize everything they donât like as âharmful, wrong, and politically incorrectâ, but then in absolutist terms promote adult âentertainmentâ as wholesome, and helpful for children, such as transgenderism, and out-of-place LGBTQAAI+ Drag Queen Storytime in public libraries.
The Bee wrote:
âI have some new drugs,â
said the cat in the hat.
âA lot of good drugs!
Iâll inject them in you.
Your mother will not mind at all if I do.â
Adding, âthe children learn a lesson in intolerance, too, as their goldfish ignorantly tries to stop them from taking the drugs, warning them of permanent side effects. The goldfish is then killed and flushed down a toilet.â
The only real crime here is that the Beeâs piece doesnât rhyme the way Dr Suess books actually chime.
Nevertheless, Suess Enterprises has responded to the piece, sending a sloppy email to the double âBâsâ CEO, Seth Dillon, (who shared it on Twitter):
âYour article, satire or not, is a copyright infringement and breaking multiple defamation laws. Remove this or we will proceed accordingly.â
The woke folks over at Seuss Enterprises (@seussville) were apparently bored and looking for something dumb to do this weekend, so they threatened to sue us for defamation whether our content is “satire or not.” pic.twitter.com/ItxgtQkHTy
â Seth Dillon (@SethDillon)Â April 18, 2021
Dillon asked people to respond in rhyme, then reshared the piece, commenting,
âUnfortunately for them, this piece was a work of satire, which is fair use. We will not be taking it down the way they took down several of their own, perfectly harmless titles to score worthless virtue points with insatiable leftists.â
Among the best rhyme responses were:
âI would not could not cease and desist. I could not would not when you say resist. I do not like your litigious suits I do not like them Dr. Suessâ
@RoyceMcCutchoen
âWe will not comply with your outlandish request. Spend all you want of your benefactorâs bequest. We shall win the day and win by a lot! Youâll rue the day. Satire or not.â
@kchessor
Due to the shoddy nature of its grammar, some have questioned the authenticity of the email. With one Twitter user quipping: âReason: Complainâ Apparently Seuss Enterprises is located in the same area as the deposed Prince of Nigeria.â
Until itâs authenticated, we might safely assume itâs legit. Suess Enterprises have joined the joyless âwokeâ revolutionary vanguard and murdered original classics to appease the humorless, Leftist mob.