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    Hillary Clinton’s campaign memoir includes a questionable interpretation of the central lesson of George Orwell’s novel “1984,” namely that individuals should trust those in positions of authority.

    Clinton suggests the goal of the government-sanctioned torture featured prominently in Orwell’s novel is to erode trust in the authoritarian overlords who control all aspects of society.

    This perspective is diametrically opposed to the central lesson most readers have drawn from the book since it was published in 1949.

    “This is what happens in George Orwell’s classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, when a torturer holds up four fingers and delivers electric shocks until his prisoner sees five fingers as ordered. The goal is to make you question logic and reason and to sow mistrust toward exactly the people we need to rely on: our leaders, the press.”

    There is no shortage of attempts to conform the lessons of “1984” to a range of modern political contexts, but Clinton’s interpretation stretches the broad limits of literary interpretation.

    The origin of Clinton’s counter-intuitive interpretation of the work is unclear.

    Somehow, after reading a terrifying account of government overreach creeping into every aspect of human life and choice, Clinton drew the lesson that individuals should trust the government and information gatekeepers.



    http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/13/hillary-clinton-thinks-moral-of-1984-is-that-we-should-trust-the-government-and-media/

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    Somehow ( not surprising) you misunderstood her explanation.

    Of course you are a moron so...
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    Rune, that is beyond a stretch of the lesson in 1984. Seriously. It's like saying that Fahrenheit 451 taught us to trust firefighters.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Rune, that is beyond a stretch of the lesson in 1984. Seriously. It's like saying that Fahrenheit 451 taught us to trust firefighters.

    Rune can't help himself. He has to react without thinking. It's part of his eternal quest to wholly fail.

    I have dubbed him Sir Rantsalot, the knight in whining armor.

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    She lost...
    You should try to get over it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckly J. Ewer View Post
    She lost...
    You should try to get over it.
    She lost...
    She should try to get over it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckly J. Ewer View Post
    She lost... You should try to get over it.
    She's not dead yet. Until she is, she is a clear and present danger. America came withing a few electoral votes of having that batshit-crazy bint in the White House, and don't pretend you don't know that some DEMOCRATS want to run her again.

    I plan to attend her funeral to make sure she isn't faking. Then I'll get over it.

    Sucks 2 b Buck.

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