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Alex

>Chilling with toddler while watching some children's TV
>Peter Rabbit comes on
>Episode is about a thieving rat
>Rat is dressed like an old-timey conniving jew
>Curiousity intensifies
>Keep watching as the rat pursues child (Peter Rabbit and his friends) to steal his pie
>Rat lies to onlookers to get them on his side, claiming it was his pie
>Watch him rub his little paw/claws together
>Wtf
>Look up rat
>Name is "Samuel Whiskers"
>Samuel is a well-known Hebrew name
>Watch another episode, same deal, he lies, sneaks around, steals a cake, and feigns ignorance of any wrongdoing
Ehm, Peter Rabbit is fucking based? 👀

Living Space Studios

@LivingSpaceStudios@poa.st remote

In Beatrix Potters original works, Samuel Whiskers tries to turn Tom Kitten into a pudding and eat him.

Frondeur

@Frondeur@poa.st remote

best part is they were keeping him prison in tunnels...

Living Space Studios

@LivingSpaceStudios@poa.st remote

Now that I think about it, it's a pretty grim story for a children's book.

Robert "Reading Rainbow" Edwardly 🇷🇺

@Robert_Edwardly@poa.st remote

When these were originally written, they were considered fairly standard.

I grew up on "Beatrix Potter" and I'm pretty firmly convinced its antisemitic. The only question is, was it deliberately sneaking stuff past the filter, or was it "accidentally antisemitic" in the same way JK Rowling's goblins are, e.g. "You weren't noticing kikes, but your brain was".

Robert "Reading Rainbow" Edwardly 🇷🇺

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He's been in the news recently, and Roald Dahl (PBUH) was also like this. In fact, he was so widely accused of being covertly or accidentally antisemitic (even before he said anything against zionism) that my parents banned him from the house.

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Living Space Studios

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That's rough. I couldn't imagine not being able to read James And The Giant Peach when I was a kid.

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