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Jampine t1_j9zpvfw wrote

Reply to comment by nsnyder in Roald Dahl threatened publisher with ‘enormous crocodile’ if they changed his words by Mighty_L_LORT

Well that's because the publishers pointed out it was racist, so he agreed and changed it.

Nowadays it's busybodies with too much spare time doctoring anything that might cause minor offences, long after his death, and the books have been in print for decades.

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As a left wing person, it feels exactly like "wokescolds", people who are too busy trying to score the most progressive points by pointing out flaws of people on the left, and trying to drive them off, meanwhile right wing hate groups are just gathering more power.

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CurseofLono88 t1_ja00xsm wrote

I’d honestly prefer it if instead of changing the words they’d just put an editor’s warning at the start of the book like some streaming services do for old outdated child’s shows and movies with harmful depictions

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stomach t1_j9zxq60 wrote

the worst part is these MF's have spent absolutely zero time thinking about what their tiny portion of 'perfect', 'moral', perpetually online people are suppose to do to change anything once the dust settles and they've banished 95% of their own party from their ranks. i'd bet good money their voting participation records are well below average, too

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cooldods t1_ja1zdv9 wrote

As a "leftist" it sure is weird that you're blaming this on the left.

It's a large corporation that disrespected a dead author because they wanted to increase their profits. How can you get any more capitalist than that?

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GreenCarnation404 t1_ja2shbt wrote

Keep spiraling

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cooldods t1_ja33egu wrote

I'm not even sure what you're trying to say.

Although if you had much of a point I'm sure you would have made it.

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starfox_priebe t1_ja32qda wrote

People have difficulty differentiating liberal from left. Also there are plenty of leftists that would happily condemn Dahl's works for these reasons, but it seems more likely they would just advocate for books not written by a racist, rather than amending the works of a long dead person.

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cooldods t1_ja339or wrote

That's arguing semantics.

The decision to rewrite these works was made by a profit driven corporation who didn't give a shit about the author's intentions, only their profits.

It's the very definition of right wing capitalism.

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starfox_priebe t1_ja33qwo wrote

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm explaining to you that people don't differentiate between left and liberal, especially in the US.

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cooldods t1_ja34mdf wrote

Thanks for that, I'm not from the US.

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Mod_Accountability t1_j9zr5mc wrote

Dahl's bigotry is no secret. I don't know if that showed in his work, what of his has been "doctored"?

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