7DeadlyFetishes [he/him,comrade/them] to memes • 3 years agoGeorge Orwell? KINDA Problematic…imagemessage-square40 fedilinkarrow-up1153file-text
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minus-square7DeadlyFetishes [he/him,comrade/them]hexagonhexbear35·3 years agoFYI: not defending Orwell but like don’t be bent over backwards and write an essay about how cringe he was when someone quotes him he’s fucking dead lol -7DeadlyFetishes link
minus-squarefrivolity [comrade/them]hexbear31·3 years agobecause dead people, famously, have no impact on future generations in terms of how they or their work are percieved link
minus-squareSiskoDid2ThingsWrong [none/use name]hexbear16·3 years agoI mean, pointing out that Orwell was a scumbag in his personal life doesn’t really do anything to disprove what his writings say. Marx was more than a bit of a prick but that’s no reason to burn your copy of Das Kapital. link
minus-squarefrivolity [comrade/them]hexbear6·3 years agothe difference there is that das kapital isn't complete bullshit link
minus-squareSiskoDid2ThingsWrong [none/use name]hexbear9·3 years agoYes but you can attack Orwell’s work on their BS directly, which is a more solid argument than going “well the author was a scumbag”. link
minus-squareSen_Jen [they/them]hexbear3·3 years ago1984 is a decent book, with a main character who has a rape fantasy. link
minus-squaresam5673 [none/use name]hexbear2·3 years agoIt's not even if you leave the politics aside it's incredibly dull link
minus-squareSolidaritySplodarity [they/them]hexbear6·3 years agoWhat about a light dunking on people who think 1984 is soooooo insightful? They need to be dunked on, comrade! They're begging for it! link
FYI: not defending Orwell but like don’t be bent over backwards and write an essay about how cringe he was when someone quotes him he’s fucking dead lol
-7DeadlyFetishes
because dead people, famously, have no impact on future generations in terms of how they or their work are percieved
I mean, pointing out that Orwell was a scumbag in his personal life doesn’t really do anything to disprove what his writings say.
Marx was more than a bit of a prick but that’s no reason to burn your copy of Das Kapital.
the difference there is that das kapital isn't complete bullshit
Yes but you can attack Orwell’s work on their BS directly, which is a more solid argument than going “well the author was a scumbag”.
true
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1984 is a decent book, with a main character who has a rape fantasy.
It's not even if you leave the politics aside it's incredibly dull
What about a light dunking on people who think 1984 is soooooo insightful? They need to be dunked on, comrade! They're begging for it!