Orwell Revisited

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29 Jan 2017, 9:34 am

The message on this sign is a reference to the book I mentioned by Eve Bunting.

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29 Jan 2017, 9:47 am

Classy.

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29 Jan 2017, 10:05 am

ASS-P wrote:

...BTW , just recently reading and re-reading a lot of Orwell,s essays c/o Gutenberg Australia reminded that , in America , Orwell,s having been a fairly dedicated Socialist (capital letters , I think) tends to be played down . Maybe he was less so by thhe time he wrote 1984and Animal Farm I,m not hat knwledgeable about hiis personal life .

I am reading 1984 for the first time now. And I have read 'animal farm' and I do not think he was less socialist back then. Alto I am not that familiar with his life. The Trotsky stand-in is alleged to have accused BB (representing Stalin) of betraying the revolution.

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29 Jan 2017, 12:18 pm

Darmok wrote:

EzraS wrote:

Here's a real challenge: Find a president or presidential candidate finalist in the last 25 years who hasn't had a 1984 comparison made to them.

And find a Republican candidate who hasn't been totally absolutely OMG HITLER!! ! ! :roll:

I've learned to embrace that "Oh my God, you're a NAZI!!" shrieking from liberals and turn it into something worse for them and fun for me. Maybe I can't change them but I can at least have fun f*****g with them. :twisted:

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29 Jan 2017, 2:34 pm

androbot01 wrote:

The message on this sign is a reference to the book I mentioned by Eve Bunting.

Awesome!!

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29 Jan 2017, 2:42 pm