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George Orwell on Hitler, 1940. I am so struck by the ease in which he admits he is unable to dislike Hitler. I cannot imagine any writer today getting away with saying such a thing about a figure a fraction as evil, no matter the explanation that followed.pic.twitter.com/Buc1oXIQVV
To be clear: I wish we were as free as he was. Drowning everything in moral condemnation and throat-clearing doesn’t make us better off, and it doesn’t make evil any less powerful. If anything we are more likely to fail at understanding its hold on people entirely.
In the same vein, it’s also interesting that many of the first replies *assumed* my shock meant I was condemning him for this and tried to defend Orwell. Sort of proves my original point, I think.
People assuming my intentions and either missing the point or proving it: https://twitter.com/swordrager/status/1300507644659027968?s=20 … https://twitter.com/notbourgeois/status/1300468143958241281?s=20 … https://twitter.com/princessGerd/status/1300473856302419970?s=20 …https://twitter.com/hydertext/status/1300501956583067650?s=20 …
That’s not the point, I think. Orwell saw the evil and was ready to kill Hitler but was unable to dislike him because he saw him as a genuine madman.
You are missing his point, and mine.
Buuuuuuut, you're glancing over the fact that he also says that he would have killed him if he could have gotten close to him?
Read the top two comments she makes after the original post, you may be missing the point she is trying to make
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