Seth Abramson

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Seth Abramson @SethAbramson

But here’s the main thing people are missing: this was a decision made by *capitalists* who want the lifespan of a lucrative property extended, this wasn’t some fascist government action imposed upon an artist, and if you don’t understand the difference *that* is the real problem — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 18, 2023

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Seth Abramson @SethAbramson

And if what you got from Roald Dahl’s books was that Augustus Gloop was “fat” but not the *nearly synonymous* “enormous,” or that the Oompa Loompas were “little men” with nary a single woman among them, I’d say as a former English professor you *missed the point of what you read* — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 18, 2023

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What it comes down to is that some people value their own nostalgia over the books or authors they claim to love *or* the children of today they claim to care about, so they claim as “principle” what is actually an emotional response that hurts books’ posterity *and* today’s kids — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 18, 2023