~~Trying to understand Liberal logic is like reading an Agatha Christie mystery novel,
with missing pages.~~
Daniel Avery, in an article appearing (August 19, 2019) at Newsweek.com, tells us about "A newly elected member of the St. Louis County Council, who chose to be sworn in with a Dr. Seuss book rather than a Bible."
Earlier this month, Democrat Kelli Dunaway handily beat Republican
Alderman Amy Poelker for the 2nd District seat, garnering 60 percent of
the vote. Since election regulations don't require politicians to swear
their oath of office on a Bible, Dunaway opted to lay her hand on Dr.
Seuss' 1990 bestseller Oh, the Places You'll Go!" *
Dunaway's son and daughter held the book during mommies swearing-in ceremony on August 13. 💑
Admittedly, there are no set guidelines declaring a need to take an Oath on a Bible, Quran, or Any Religious Text.
What strikes us as odd, is Dunaway's scatterbrained selection of a
book, one of many, which in recent years have been re-evaluated by
numerous readers as the product of an author whose earlier works, by
today's standards, would be considered blatantly racist.
Surely if Dunaway's discretion in selecting a book for oath-taking,
made and obvious left turn to her whimsical inner child, there are many
others which might have amused her target constituency more
relevantly. Might we suggest...
A few for 'the girls.....
....and a couple, probably
more interesting for the boys.'
We,
on the other hand, believe our recommendation shown below might be more
appropriate, considering the political climate pieced together,
especially during the Trump Presidency, by Dunaway's "Party of the
working man," or peasants, or something.
~~A little known fact about the lovable man who served
scrambled green eggs and ham to generations of wide-eyed innocent kids.~~
Theodor Seuss Geisel, known by his pen name of Dr. Seuss, is generally
known as a beloved author of children's books. His plots have been
praised as highlighting the absurdity for their silly characters, but
few are familiar with his imagery that some consider racist.
“Many people are unaware,” librarian Liz Phipps Soeiro wrote, “that Dr.
Seuss’ illustrations are steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and
racial stereotypes. Open one of his books (‘If I Ran a Zoo’ or ‘And to
Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street,’ for example) and you’ll see the
racist mockery in the art.”
A
furor raised by such blasphemous claims quickly overran the underlying
racial question and Soeiro's school released a statement saying "she had been out of line."
Will anyone have the courage to step forward and inform this newly elected St. Louis County Council-keeper-of-the-Constitution that "she too, is out of line."
In her rush to impress like-minded little Liberal friends, supporters and acquaintances, Kelli Dunaway
has inadvertently stumbled over her very own hatred of White privilege,
and revealed the true colors of her bigoted political cult, and with
all due respect, perhaps the innocence of her very own lily white soul.
White Privileged Democrat
Missouri Council woman
sworn in, on Dr. Seuss Book.
* https://www.newsweek.com/kelli-dunaway-dr-seuss-oath-office-st-louis-1455368