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Telegraph inadvertently proves Orwell's point in hit piece worthy of 1984 Newspeak
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| 10/19/2023
| Tertullianis
Posted on 10/20/2023 7:32:58 PM PDT by NetAddicted
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Accusing Orwell of crimethink. Oy vey. :(
To: NetAddicted
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posted on
10/20/2023 7:34:13 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(Dont pour syrup over S*** and tell me it’s pancakes!)
To: sauropod; All
I tried to post Community Note for this tweet, but today it wants me to log in first. Doesn’t usually happen. Note says: “Headline is an extract from book “Wifedom.” The assertions in this book assume that characters in his fictional work are a reflection of his actual personality. There is no documented evidence supporting this assumption. “
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posted on
10/20/2023 7:55:54 PM PDT
by
NetAddicted
(MAGA2024)
To: NetAddicted
Orwell was a modern day prophet.
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posted on
10/20/2023 8:07:34 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
(On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
To: NetAddicted
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posted on
10/20/2023 8:39:49 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
To: NetAddicted
People read 1984 and think they know Orwell, he wrote more than 1984 and a lot of it’s pretty good.
He grew up and spent many years on the tattered fringes of the failing British empire. Nice readable catalog that presents a realistic picture of the British psyche during that period. Fascinating stuff really. Smashing!
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posted on
10/20/2023 8:55:35 PM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
To: NetAddicted
Wanted to get in early on the most poignant irony thread that may have ever been posted here. Also I have no comment.
To: NetAddicted
I’ll bet Babylon Bee wishes they had thought of this first.
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posted on
10/20/2023 9:03:02 PM PDT
by
gitmo
To: NetAddicted
George Orwell went to Spain to fight on the side of the Communists. Needless to say he get a real education in tyranny that he later on used in his books.
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posted on
10/21/2023 3:51:46 AM PDT
by
Nateman
(If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second.)
To: Clutch Martin
“He grew up and spent many years on the tattered fringes of the failing British empire. Nice readable catalog that presents a realistic picture of the British psyche during that period. Fascinating stuff really. Smashing!”
Down and Out in Paris and London is great. I actually used some of the “living poor” tricks from this book while attending college.
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posted on
10/21/2023 5:05:39 AM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
(When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
To: NetAddicted
This is great. Thanks for posting it.
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posted on
10/21/2023 8:44:30 AM PDT
by
grundle
To: NetAddicted
Indeed
Telegraph inadvertently proves Orwell’s point.
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posted on
10/21/2023 9:03:47 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
(....)
To: The Antiyuppie
“Down and Out in Paris and London is great. I actually used some of the “living poor” tricks from this book while attending college.”
I pulled out my Orwell reader about three or four months ago and read that story again, I like his Burma writings as well.
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posted on
10/21/2023 9:48:48 AM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
To: NetAddicted
‘Does Big Brother exist?’
‘Of course he exists. The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party.’
‘Does he exist in the same way as I exist?
‘You do not exist,’ said O’Brien.
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posted on
10/21/2023 10:01:17 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
To: NetAddicted
“1984’’ wasn't science fiction or prophecy. "1984'' was a warning. A warning that wasn't heeded.
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posted on
10/21/2023 11:29:03 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
To: jmacusa
The Left is using “1984” as an instruction manual.
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posted on
10/21/2023 11:29:30 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: NetAddicted
"George Orwell went to Spain to fight on the side of the Communists."
If I remember correctly, Orwell was an anarchist at the time , the joining the communists was the only way he could become involved.
Orwell and his wife adopted a baby, and his wife died not too long after. Orwell later died when the child was about five, but the stepson remembered Orwell with great love and gratitude for doing all the more feminine child-raising chores like changing his diapers and showing him love after the wife died. When this attack on Orwell came out, his stepson wrote an article defending his father as a good kind man.
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posted on
10/21/2023 4:47:00 PM PDT
by
Hiddigeigei
("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
To: Hiddigeigei
Thank you for this info. Do you have a link to his step-son’s article?
To: NetAddicted
Ironically, people in Airstrip One, call this leftist rag the Tory Telegraph.
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posted on
10/21/2023 9:06:30 PM PDT
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
To: dfwgator
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posted on
10/21/2023 11:03:49 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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