Hot take: People keep saying 'The Lorax' is banned for being anti-logging, but that's not the full story

In my experience, the bigger issue in some districts was the book's portrayal of corporate greed as a whole, which made some groups uncomfortable. I saw a school board meeting in Texas where a parent specifically called it 'anti-business propaganda'. Has anyone else seen bans focused more on the economic critique than the environmental message?

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the_charles19d ago

Banning a kids book about a fuzzy orange guy seems like a waste of time. People get worked up over the wrong stuff. It's a story about a guy who chops down all the trees, and it's bad. The lesson is don't do that. If someone's scared their kid will learn that greed is bad, maybe they should look at themselves first.

rowan_butler9319d ago

Yeah, the "look at themselves first" part from @the_charles is the whole point. Getting mad about a clear anti-greed story just shows you're worried about the wrong lesson. It's a simple book making a simple point.