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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"Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows" What a fundamentally obnoxious quote I mean shit Would you let someone talk to you like that in real life If your friend said it to you in your dorm room you'd punch him
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It's like just barely acceptable because it's a *character* thinking this in a *novel* And Winston is supposed to be this headass insufferable flawed hero you only really kind of like But now there's all these Facebook uncles saying it in *real life* Chanting it, even
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You get that this is the exact same thing as the Ayn Rand quote about "A = A" right She said it a lot worse because she's a worse writer but the basic idea is the same There's a lot of overlap between their current fanbases
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Replying to @arthur_affect
How is that even possible? Oh wait, no one has ever actually read an Ayn Rand novel. I tried once. It hurt.
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I genuinely think that when a socialist like Orwell writes a book that is as wildly popular with Republicans as 1984 is, it means that, as skilled a writer and a thinker as he may be, he done fucked up It's his mistake and his lefty fans need to own that
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ChaosTripStudio
This is a really dumb take especially surprisingly coming from you
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It is the fact that I am absolutely confident that I know more about Orwell, have read more of Orwell's work, and genuinely like Orwell as a person and a thinker more than 99.99% of the people with his face as their pfp that I feel so strongly about this
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ChaosTripStudio
Oh no i completely agree with you on that man he's the most over quoted author of all time by people who would fundamentally hate him if they knew his politics but that's on them man not the author you cant help it if stupid people misinterpret your work.
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