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cooldods t1_ja1zdv9 wrote

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

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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