https://twitter.com/ElloEllenOh/status/1333591475888787457?s=19

  • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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    4 years ago

    Honestly this. I'm probably more of an Orwell apologist than most c.c posters, but I don't think that or Animal Farm have ever been presented as anything but anti-communist propaganda in American public schools, and they're admittedly quite fit for that purpose.

    • PeludoPorFavor [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah I can’t wait til my nephew reads animal farm for school so I can give him some extra nuance about where Orwell comes from and his role in “anti fascism” so to speak.

        • Leper_Messiah [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Well, shit. I didn't remember that bit tbh

          Wait, didn't Orwell allegedly try to rape his childhood friend or cousin or something? I seem to remember hearing that at one point. I guess that might explain his literary tendencies, huh

          Man, fuck that guy. I agree with one of the other comments in here, Fahrenheit 451 beats the shit out of 1984, and Bradbury was a much, much better writer overall.