snake321 wrote:
Ok..... Why do people idolize George Orwell on one hand, then despise everything he ever wrote ABOUT on the other hand?.... "crazy conspiracy theorist". Same for George Carlin, he spoke out against big business and banking and these "elites" too, he was a "crazy conspiracy theorist" but people love his comedy, idolize his character, but absolutely hate what he's talking about. So apparently George Orwell and George Carlin are the only people who can get away with telling the truth? Is it something about the name "George"?
Good question - perhaps I should change my name to George.
On another forum, it seemed like once a month someone would tack up some conservative rant that they would attribute to either George Carlin or Robin Williams. The ideas they presented were nothing like the political beliefs of those 2 people. Why not just say 'here are some ideas' instead of 'George Carlin wants to know why ...."
Mark Twain is another one like that. You can say "Mark Twain said ..." to about any brief, somewhat clever quote.