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So the book is still for sale on eBay and they didn’t stop racism? Huh. Don’t feed the mob 

2 hours ago, HuddyBee said:

If McGelligot's Pool can be banned from the site for using the word "Eskimo," all that needs to happen is for some self-proclaimed "activist" to see a picture of a book like Captain Marvel Adventures No. 23 and a huge chunk of Golden Age comics will be simply gone from eBay.

And heritage...and ComicLink and potentially, here as well. Speak up or be spoken for.

14 minutes ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

+ quote will also soon be banished

Someone snapped this photo outside eBay HQ today in California...

4 minutes ago, D84 said:

I was just quoting you point it out to others. It was not my intention to imply that you, personally were doing anything like this and I do apologize if it came across that way.

All good. I already live in a state where this $600 min., is in effect. It’s just another kick to the nads honestly. 

1 minute ago, D84 said:

You are still required to report all income from any source to the IRS. Selling comics is considered for most as hobby income.

So only paying taxes off the primary source is not "paying your fare share."

Yeah. I already do. Don’t worry about me 👍

4 minutes ago, D84 said:

A few people say they are paying their fare share, but are talking about ways to avoid reporting income. How is hiding money from the IRS paying your fair share?

Most of us already have income from another source and pay-up there.

Cash, check, MO...forum sales, Craigslist, cons, etc. Get it done by any other means possible (yeah, this tax rule sucks and I already pay my fair share) 

Apologists for censorship and book banning on a comic forum - Wertham would adopt you all  

1 minute ago, Prince Namor said:

Oh for Pete's Sake, nobody is going to miss this silly book. The world will keep turning, commerce will see no change, and the sun will still rise tomorrow.

That’s a fair opinion an individual can hold. 

I remember a former NFL QB got angry about the Betsy Ross flag being used by Nike. Nike stopped production and pulled the shoe. eBay continues to allow the shoes to be sold. This also true of the NFL’s Washington <insert former mascot name> football gear as well. Why now, and on this item, have they decided to make a formal move? Also, why in the world would the NYTimes go after a cartoon and not “rape culture” itself?

31 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:

It’s too bad as this topic deserves to be discussed...otherwise, we can just wait until it impacts our hobby more directly 

20 minutes ago, jr81784 said:

The extent to which some of you are so bothered by 6 Dr. Seuss books (that nobody ever heard of in the first place, that THE PUBLISHER OF SAID MATERIAL decided to remove from print) is absolutely hilarious. Yes, please keep buying into the faux outrage that conservative media is so desperate for you to be offended by. 😂

They were forced to discontinue publishing. The SPLC made the declaration and from there it was only a matter of time.

p.s. Where is this conservative media you speak of? 

9 hours ago, jcjames said:

Imagine if the Dr. Seuss publishers had just... stopped publishing those books.

Without a press-release full of virtue-signalling.

What if they had just chosen to stop printing new copies of those books, probably nobody would ever know. Those books would probably quietly and organically just fade away from the collective consciousness of the world.

And there would be no pushback to the perceived "censorship" and associated feebay bans on listing these books for sale thereby driving up demand and interest in books that almost no one would ever miss if they had just... stopped publishing them, quietly.

Because the conversation is really not about "are those images racially insensitive?", but now it is "do we honestly support free speech and why is feebay and others suddenly and highly-selectively banning books now?"

And so now, those defending free-speech can quickly be framed as defending racist caricatures and can thus be maligned or denigrated or even they themselves be banned, censored or fired. And that is probably a part of the ongoing "agenda".

It will certainly have, at a minimum, an intentionally-chilling effect on those daring to defend free-speech in highly-public settings from the one-sided attack of today's culture-shapers, I think.

 

 

 

It’s a little more complicated than that...the SPLC made the declaration re: Dr. Seuss material. Then a school board in VA banned the books. From there, the media starts frothing at the mouth, as well as the Twitter keyboard warriors, now the publisher is forced to act. Add a dash of virtue signaling by eBay and you got the mess we’re in. If the SPLC targets comics next, don’t be surprised.

17 minutes ago, jsilverjanet said:

Good luck with that meme 

Don’t worry. eBay says it’s ok 

1 hour ago, Rip said:

Today I read a Dr Suess article from a NY Times author about how Pepe Le Pew adds to Rape culture.

I'm thinking to myself Dr Wertham and Tipper Gore would be proud.

I believe it. I could see a Dave Chappelle bit pass as a source these days on whatever “rape culture” is per the NYTimes. 

On 2/23/2021 at 10:27 AM, Hollywood1892 said:

Definitely the better pricing tool, but today's market is soooooo chaotic

Don’t worry...I keep hearing it’ll crash any day now 

43 minutes ago, Beige said:

40 years old. No #1 for months

...not b/c of musical talent 😂

edit: only reached #4 in the US

The guy from Breakin’? 

Crazy how many Washington *insert word here* football items are on eBay (33k). Should we cancel all of those items? 🧐

4 minutes ago, Bird said:

and yet we had the PMRC in the 1980s, who considered music in the 80s to be full of obscene material that had to be controlled by the government

and the majority of popular music is pretty clean today, WAP not withstanding

Tipper Gore. Go figure 

23 minutes ago, William-James88 said:

Is there the same uproar for wanting Songs of the South to be added to Disney Plus?

No. But it’s not banned on eBay.

eBay community forums be like this today...

12 minutes ago, jcjames said:

I'm testing feebay to see if they will pull one of the "cop killer" cds I posted earlier in the thread - I reported it for offensive violent content.

We'll see if it only takes one person complaining to cause them to censor/ban items.

 

A person could stay really busy flagging stuff on there