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Purging George Orwell's books misses what drives the political right

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Re: Purging George Orwell's books misses what drives the political right

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Post by dash2 »

yogthos wrote: post #3

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This is beyond silly. The guy who wrote Down and Out… and Road to Wigan Pier, and actually fought fascists in Spain, couldn’t imagine proles as anything but brainless subhumans? Orwell in 1948 didn’t predict computers? Have I been trolled?

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Post by _doctor_love »

Reminds me of an observation made when they removed Maus from a library in Tennessee I think it was: "these people want a kinder gentler Holocaust."

It's totally idiotic the state we have reached, with an absolutely equal number of stupid people on the left and the right.

Re: Purging George Orwell's books misses what drives the political right

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Post by _doctor_love »

Ancapistani wrote: post #5

Somewhat meta: this is perhaps the most fertile ground for an online flamewar I've ever seen. It's got something for everyone. Any ideology I can think of could be applied both for and against with equal ferocity.

Hey, as long as the masses are looking to the left and the right for their enemies, rather than up, that's what's desired.

Re: Purging George Orwell's books misses what drives the political right

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Post by gdsimoes »

yogthos wrote: post #3

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I find Orwell to be a much better writer than Asimov, and 1984 was praised by people like Bertrand Russell (who was arguably a greater writer than either of them, even winning a Nobel Prize).

Also, Orwell was shot in the neck in Spain while literally fighting fascists.

Still, thank you for the link to Asimov’s review. I’ll read it later.

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