Posted on 02/15/2019 5:12:17 AM PST by CharlesOConnell
Fahrenheit 451 bump!
Nice:
“By ticketing the assembly of idiots to the far reaches of hell. “
I had no idea they were changing authors’ books without their permission. Wonder what they’ve done with Tom Sawyer?
I heard Mr. Bradbury speak one time and have never forgotten one thing he said: “There’s a free Ph.D education available to anyone who wants it. It’s at your local library.”
One of the last public things he did before he passed away in 2012 was object strenuously to Michael Moore's use of the name Farenheit 9/11 for one of his movies.
Also, his books (particularly Dandelion Wine) are appreciative for the America he grew up in.
Sublime
When I was reading Huck Finn to my grandson tonight, I had to use the phrase “n-word”, at his request.
From June 2004 edition of Catholic Light:
“Ray Bradbury was very clear that he considered Moore a dishonest thief, but refused to answer if he would press charges in any way. I think Moore is an intellectually dishonest, unimaginative ninny, too.”
Believe that Bradbury got some sort of settlement from Mikey over the use of the title.
Ping
When I taught English III I would read Scarlet Letter, Red Badge of Courage, Huck Finn, and Sun Also Rises to my students.
That’s one of my favorites.
I remember he was quoted as referring to Moore as "that terrible man," although those words weren't recorded electronically.
The left uses man shaming, political correctness, and hate speech memes to cower us into self censorship. Course it ain’t necessarily working on rednecks like me Babycakes.
EXCELLENT rant by Ray Bradbury.
WIKI-—Bradbury stated the novel Fahrenheit 451 worked as a critique of the development of political correctness:
Q: How does the story of Fahrenheit 451 stand up in 1994?
R/B: It works even better because we have political correctness now. Political correctness is the real enemy these days.
Black groups want to control our thinking and you can’t say certain things. Homosexual groups don’t want you to criticize them.
It’s thought control and freedom of speech control.
In a 1982 essay, he wrote, “People ask me to predict the Future, when all I want to do is prevent it”.
This intent had been expressed earlier by other authors, who sometimes attributed it to him.
I read Dandelion Wine when I was the same age as the book's main character Douglas Spaulding, who experienced and articulated so many of the same things I was experiencing, but in a much nicer environment than mine.
"A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it."Our Mission Statement in National Review (19 November 1955).
I'm not aware of any evidence that Ray Bradbury ever met William F. Buckley or read NR, so he may have come up with his statement independently.
National Review has gone to hell since Bill Buckley died...
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