It’s Seuss’ estate that has ceased publication of the 6 titles rather than just some third party publisher (or government). It’s not clear why they couldn’t just reissue the titles with updated illustrations to replace the ‘offensive’ ones though. But they own the rights, so they can do whatever they like with them for any reason or for no reason. I haven’t read these particular masterpieces but am familiar with other famous Seuss titles, and I’m not sure that these books qualify as the greatest literature of all time.
eBay jumping on the bandwagon is just stupid.
The concern, right or wrong, is evidently about how people are portrayed specifically to children. The ‘loony left’ hasn’t ‘banned’ Mein Kampf because it isn’t used in school curricula. Titles such as Huckleberry Finn have been removed from student reading lists in various places rather than categorically banned from publication. Books such as the Harry Potter series have been banned in various religious ‘right wing’ schools in the US too so ‘banning’ books for children is not exclusive to the left.
Recent blacklisting of movies and TV shows (particularly where the target audience are adults) is nonsensical to me, whether it’s for their content or because an actor in the program said something stupid on ‘Twitter’ (maybe ban that cesspit instead). JarJar Binks should definitely be banned though. Nothing to do with racism, he’s just really really annoying (and probably a Sith).