I genuinely think it's time to cancel Orwell Not because he was personally problematic or had problematic politics (though there's an argument for both) But because his Internet fanbase are the most insufferable human beings known to modern science
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I've totally changed my mind from when I was a kid I would not get a time machine and bring back nicotine patches to the 1920s to get Orwell to quit smoking I would try to hook him on menthols
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You know the difference between you and Winston Smith? Winston had a girlfriend You think Julia would've fucked him if he said all that 2+2=freedom bullshit to her out loud instead of moodily thinking it to himself after sex He knew better
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They think they are Titans of truth and intellect but they all come across like this.pic.twitter.com/g1llPCnSaU
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Internet man should probably remind himself how Winston Smith’s story ended.
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Winston Smith, famous for his wrongthink being reversed into loving Big Brother right before being executed like a punk. Like, you have to read the *whole* book. These might be your favorite parts, but the ending is important too!
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"Wrongthink" isn't even actually a word in 1984 It would either be "crimethink" or "ungoodthink" This bothers me more and more every time they say it
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You should see my mentions after a day of saying their conceptual hero rational James is a right winger. At this rate these insufferable dweebs are going to treat any disagreement on anything as a matter of “freedom” and you try to opporess them by denying T R U T H.
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Before it was just about being correct and rational, now the argument is about freedom itself or something. His fans have officially become more annoying than Sam Harris fans,p (who have also been doing drive by butthurt in my mentions all weekend for unrelated reasons.)
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Is being Winston Smith something to be desired? Even before the state breaks him, he's hardly an individualistic hero. He's a profoundly ordinary guy who manages to grasp at his humanity for a little while, but mostly he's rather pathetic.
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Unsure they’re able to aspire to much more than “protagonist?” really
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