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Posted: 11/5/2013 9:41:08 AM EDT
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that's strange... they liked it during the Bush era!
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Posted: 11/5/2013 9:41:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: that's strange... they liked it during the Bush era! |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 9:41:45 AM EDT
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In my experience they love 1984 but hate Atlas
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Posted: 11/5/2013 9:43:14 AM EDT
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I never noticed that they did. Yeah, they don't like Atlas Shrugged.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 9:44:38 AM EDT
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Is this one of those cases where you like something, so you assume liberals must hate it because you can't see yourself ever liking something that liberals do?
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Posted: 11/5/2013 9:49:55 AM EDT
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Because 1984 exposes the lefts agenda.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 9:58:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because 1984 exposes the lefts agenda. |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 9:59:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Because 1984 exposes the lefts agenda. Close. I think they get butthurt because when THEY take our freedom away it will be a beautiful thing, unlike that which is depicted in the books (and history). |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:00:23 AM EDT
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I think another -10% off their food rations should do nicely to quell the stronger squealers.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:01:49 AM EDT
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I think another -10% off their food rations should do nicely to quell the stronger squealers. They don't like facts or history. |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:04:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
They don't like facts or history. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I think another -10% off their food rations should do nicely to quell the stronger squealers. They don't like facts or history. Not true. They like to carefully SELECT the facts and history that they've rewritten to suit their agenda. |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:09:22 AM EDT
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They do like 1984. That is why they make you read it in high school.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:10:11 AM EDT
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Same reason a football coach doesn't want the coaches of the other teams reading his playbook.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:10:15 AM EDT
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I honestly have no clue, as I don't engage in literary discussions (or any other discussions if I can avoid it) with liberals.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:10:23 AM EDT
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Based on what do you think/imagine that "liberals hate the book 1984 so much"?
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:10:45 AM EDT
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They like 1984 because they think it serves as a warning against a right wing totalitarian state. little do the idiots know they are blindly voting in a left wing totalitarian state.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:11:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
In my experience they love 1984 but hate Atlas Oh, they love 1984 when the GOP is in charge... when it's the Democrats, not so much. |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:33:42 AM EDT
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I never seen a book get liberals so enraged. Same with Atlas Shrugged. Because they are in denial that they have taken as a call to action what Orwell wrote as a cautionary tale. |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:36:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Oh, they love 1984 when the GOP is in charge... when it's the Democrats, not so much. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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In my experience they love 1984 but hate Atlas Oh, they love 1984 when the GOP is in charge... when it's the Democrats, not so much.  best answer
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:43:11 AM EDT
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I wasn't aware that liberals disliked "1984." George Orwell was a Socialist. He wrote "1984" as a cautionary tale against Stalinism and other forms of totalitarianism. Don't forget that he fought in Spain against Franco's fascists.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:48:14 AM EDT
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I never seen a book get liberals so enraged. Same with Atlas Shrugged. children's morality tales are much better suited for social conservatives, who already base their worldview on such things. |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:52:07 AM EDT
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Liberals have changed into the new NAZI's.
 
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Posted: 11/5/2013 10:53:16 AM EDT
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In my experience it is only the true socialist revolutionary types that get uncomfortable around 1984. Your typical democrat has not made the connection, or connected it to something more comfortable for them, like Bush.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 11:12:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
They like 1984 because they think it serves as a warning against a right wing totalitarian state. little do the idiots know they are blindly voting in a left wing totalitarian state. They said the same about you during Bush.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 4:02:40 PM EDT
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I never noticed that they did. Yeah, they don't like Atlas Shrugged. This is one of the reviews on Amazon for the Atlas Shrugged audio CD: "Two world-class drama queens: Scott Brick and Ayn Rand together at last! The narration perfectly reflects Rand's petulant narcissism and didactic insistence that only SHE ever Got It Right. The ideal gift for those hard to please don't-tread-on-me Tea Party pals." |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 4:14:19 PM EDT
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Just want to point out that George Orwell was a communist, and fought with communist forces in the Spanish Civil War. 1984 and Animal Farm are novels inspired by a criticism of Stalinism, not Marxism in general, which is why Snowball represents Trotsky and Old Major represents both Lenin and Marx.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 4:22:25 PM EDT
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liberals love that book....so do conservatives.....everyone thinks it doesn't apply to their own little brand of authoritarianism
the proles? yea...thats most americans...and you |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 4:28:49 PM EDT
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What? No they love the shit out of it. Freedom is Slavery are words they live by. The responsibility that comes with being free is so burdensome that the government must step in and free us from the shackles of personal accountability.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 4:31:27 PM EDT
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Just think of how easy Winston Smith's job would be today with the internet. Less and less printed news, and an ever growing online audience. iPads in schools which can change textbooks at a keystroke.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 4:41:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
liberals love that book....so do conservatives.....everyone thinks it doesn't apply to their own little brand of authoritarianism the proles? yea...thats most americans...and you How are conservatives authoritarians? Is following the Constitution now considered a bad thing 
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Posted: 11/5/2013 5:12:13 PM EDT
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How are conservatives authoritarians? Is following the Constitution now considered a bad thing Quote HistoryQuoted:
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liberals love that book....so do conservatives.....everyone thinks it doesn't apply to their own little brand of authoritarianism the proles? yea...thats most americans...and you How are conservatives authoritarians? Is following the Constitution now considered a bad thing how do conservatives feel about abortion, homosexuality, and drugs? |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 5:21:53 PM EDT
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You guys know Orwell was a devout socialist, right?
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Posted: 11/5/2013 5:26:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
You guys know Orwell was a devout socialist, right? Yes, but he was not a Stalinist. He wrote 1984 as a criticism of what was happening in the name of socialism in the USSR at the time. |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 6:12:42 PM EDT
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The mistake a lot of people make about 1984 is thinking that it's some kind of treatise against left-wing governments. All of the stuff Oceania does in the book is based on the real-life behaviors of the totalitarian governments of the time Orwell wrote it. "Ingsoc"is a composite of Nazism, Italian Fascism, Spanish Fascism, and Stalinism. All of which Orwell experienced first hand when he went to Spain to fight on behalf of the communist revolutionaries.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 6:16:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How are conservatives authoritarians? Is following the Constitution now considered a bad thing Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: liberals love that book....so do conservatives.....everyone thinks it doesn't apply to their own little brand of authoritarianism the proles? yea...thats most americans...and you How are conservatives authoritarians? Is following the Constitution now considered a bad thing  |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 6:17:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How are conservatives authoritarians? Is following the Constitution now considered a bad thing Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: liberals love that book....so do conservatives.....everyone thinks it doesn't apply to their own little brand of authoritarianism the proles? yea...thats most americans...and you How are conservatives authoritarians? Is following the Constitution now considered a bad thing |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 6:26:46 PM EDT
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Animal Farm is even more damning to their agenda.
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Posted: 11/5/2013 6:28:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Close. I think they get butthurt because when THEY take our freedom away it will be a beautiful thing, unlike that which is depicted in the books (and history). Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Because 1984 exposes the lefts agenda. Close. I think they get butthurt because when THEY take our freedom away it will be a beautiful thing, unlike that which is depicted in the books (and history). Aldous Huxley was closer than Orwell. |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 6:28:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Bingo,we have a winner. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Because 1984 exposes the lefts agenda. Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup |
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Posted: 11/5/2013 6:33:12 PM EDT
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I never seen a book get liberals so enraged. Same with Atlas Shrugged. In my experience, The Fountainhead is also a lightning rod for liberal hate. I own a first edition. 
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Posted: 11/6/2013 8:01:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Based on what do you think/imagine that "liberals hate the book 1984 so much"? This is a good question. I've never met anyone who would have professed to detest 1984. Never read Atlas Shrugged, but I have heard consistent literary criticism which suggests that it's long-winded and badly written. No-one has ever said that about anything Orwell ever wrote. BTW, recommended reading: Orwell's essays. |
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Posted: 11/6/2013 8:06:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I never noticed that they did. Yeah, they don't like Atlas Shrugged. I've never heard of this, either. |
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Posted: 11/6/2013 8:06:46 AM EDT
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I can't recall more than one liberal that reads. |
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Posted: 11/6/2013 8:10:29 AM EDT
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Because it's about dirty fuckin' commies.
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Posted: 11/6/2013 8:18:38 AM EDT
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Just read "Rules For Radicals" by Saul Alinsky. Whatever is wrong with ANYTHING is someone else's FAULT!
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Posted: 11/6/2013 8:54:12 AM EDT
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I never seen a book get liberals so enraged. Same with Atlas Shrugged. have you seen the SIZE of Atlas Shrugged?.. for fuck sake did it need copy editor for length. 
I've read both. |
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Posted: 11/6/2013 8:56:23 AM EDT
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They don't.
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Posted: 11/6/2013 8:58:15 AM EDT
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I never seen a book get liberals so enraged. Same with Atlas Shrugged. Orwell's book didn't go far enough for them. |
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Posted: 11/6/2013 9:00:29 AM EDT
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Because it shows that they are 30 years behind on their timeline?
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Posted: 11/6/2013 9:02:21 AM EDT
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liberals just like and dislike things as they see it fit their agenda. GOP in office, 1984 shows how we will all live under a totalitarian regime. Dem's in office, 1984 is a stupid book and Orwell was a kook. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
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