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If I Ran the Zoo (Classic Seuss)

Dr. Seuss

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The Ben Shapiro Show

The book was cited as one of the Dr. Seuss titles that the estate decided to stop publishing, which the speaker defended the right to distribute despite potential offensive illustrations.

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i would have just gotten up here and i just would have read it because again even if i don't love those particular images even i could see why somebody might find them offensive they have not offended...

— Episode: Ep. 1210 - Princess Woke vs. The Monarch...

Episode: Ep. 1210 - Princess Woke vs. The Monarchy

The book was cited as one of the Dr. Seuss titles that the estate decided to stop publishing, which the speaker defended the right to distribute despite potential offensive illustrations.

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i would have just gotten up here and i just would have read it because again even if i don't love those particular images even i could see why somebody might find them offensive they have not offended generations of children or made anybody racist

i'm willing to defend if i ran the zoo as a book i am willing to defend the

Episode: Ep. 1207 - The Book Burners Are Here

This book was among the six Dr. Seuss titles being ceased from publication due to hurtful and wrong portrayals. The speaker strongly defended it, noting that no one honestly came away from reading it with racist opinions.

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and if I ran the zoo, which is a great book.

No one has ever honestly come by that opinion. No one. OK, the only way you come by that opinion is if some woke jackass decides that they're going to make it an issue and then shame you into believing that that's what that page is about.

If I ran the zoo was going for one thousand five hundred dollars a copy yesterday, which makes it a better investment than the US dollar at this point.

In it a young boy imagines what he'd do with the local zoo where he in charge. It's Seuss. So the boys conjurings are wild weird creatures whose names rhyme with their points of origin.

In the Seuss drawing the bird thing is perched on a pole being held by two caricatures of African men that are so obviously and immediately racist that it was almost breathtaking.

Episode: Ep. 1206 - Why They're Cancelling Dr. Seuss

The speaker mentioned this as one of Dr. Seuss's first major books that the foundation decided to stop selling due to perceived racist or insensitive depictions, specifically regarding characters of Asiatic appearance.

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if i ran the zoo because there are people of asiatic appearance in the book if i ran the zoo

The Matt Walsh Show

It was announced that the book would no longer be published because of hurtful depictions.

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Dr. Seuss Enterprises told the Associated Press that the books, here are the books, and to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street, if I ran the zoo, McElligot's Pool, On Beyond Zebra, Scrambled Egg Su...

— Episode: Ep. 669 - Next Stop On The Slippery Slop...

Episode: Ep. 669 - Next Stop On The Slippery Slope: A Child...

It was announced that the book would no longer be published because of hurtful depictions.

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Dr. Seuss Enterprises told the Associated Press that the books, here are the books, and to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street, if I ran the zoo, McElligot's Pool, On Beyond Zebra, Scrambled Egg Super, and The Cat's Quizzer will no longer be published due to hurtful depictions in the books.

Morning Brew Daily

The origin of the word 'nerd' was discussed, and it was revealed that the word was first used in this Dr. Seuss book, eventually evolving into its current meaning.

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It's actually from Dr. Seuss; there's this Dr. Seuss book called 'If I Ran the Zoo' where 'nerd' is mentioned as one of the... or the creatures that the narrator would collect for its zoo and then it...

— Episode: The Pro Sports Move Costing DC Billions...

Episode: The Pro Sports Move Costing DC Billions & 'Nerds'...

The origin of the word 'nerd' was discussed, and it was revealed that the word was first used in this Dr. Seuss book, eventually evolving into its current meaning.

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It's actually from Dr. Seuss; there's this Dr. Seuss book called 'If I Ran the Zoo' where 'nerd' is mentioned as one of the... or the creatures that the narrator would collect for its zoo and then it kind of involved evolved into the academic lover we know today.

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