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George Orwell's '1984' Tops Amazon's Bestseller List (theguardian.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Sales of George Orwell's dystopian drama 1984 have soared after Kellyanne Conway, adviser to the reality-TV-star-turned-president, Donald Trump, used the phrase "alternative facts" in an interview. As of Tuesday, the book was the sixth best-selling book on Amazon. Comparisons were made with the term "newspeak" used in the 1949 novel, which was used to signal a fictional language that aims at eliminating personal thought and also "doublethink." In the book Orwell writes that it "means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." The connection was initially made on CNN's Reliable Sources. "Alternative facts is a George Orwell phrase," said Washington Post reporter Karen Tumulty. Conway's use of the term was in reference to White House press secretary Sean Spicer's comments about last week's inauguration attracting "the largest audience ever". Her interview was widely criticized and she was sub-tweeted by Merriam-Webster dictionary with a definition of the word fact. In 1984, a superstate wields extreme control over the people and persecutes any form of independent thought. UPDATE 1/24/17 6:56PM PST: Orwell's dystopian novel is now the #1 Best Seller in Books on Amazon.
Oh dear Mashiki, still haven't got the hang of this fake news thing, have we?
There was a single sentence that had a basic resemblance to Bane's speech. That single sentence: "We're giving power back to the people." That's it.
The claim is that it "echoes" Bane's speech, in terms of tone and meaning. That is certainly true. It's part of a meme where people note that Trump either speaks like a super villain or his words seem plausible as those of a super villain when voiced up. Mark Hamill did The Joker, the guy who does Zap Brannigan did him.
See. to be fake news it has to be some fact that someone made up, not an opinion that something resembles something else and is quite funny if you do it in the Bane voice.
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SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
It's much simpler than that.
They are lying cause their boss, who has handpicked them, is a liar and a sociopath. A liar and a sociopath who has handpicked people who don't mind being told lies nor do they mind telling lies to reach their goal. Also... idiots who don't mind being lied to.
They are the best at this than anyone ever, I believe. Wait, you ARE talking about the Utterly Corrupt Clinton Political Machine, right?
Compared to those guys, Trump is a boy scout. And he will be dogged by a rabid press that won't let anything slide. Indeed, they'll make stuff up if it helps their cause.
That's why I'm not the least concerned with his business interests. For once, we'll have a press that will constantly examine every aspect of his life looking for dirt. As a free press should.
Peace is easy to achieve, just surrender. Liberty is much harder get/keep.
The well of left-wing grievances is endless, and they don't pass Poe's Law. There's no way to tell if they're fake or not becacuse the real ones are so outrageous.
The Army has deleted a tweet posted Thursday afternoon referring to âoechinksâ in the armor of its Special Operations capabilities after receiving numerous accusations of racism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/01/30/army-deletes-tweet-referring-to-chinks-in-armor-after-racism-accusations/
'"I have to pay for the rest of my life because of a very small group of trans women," she says. "I havenâ(TM)t said anything hateful to any of these people, ever. All I have ever said was question the essentialist meaning of transgenderism, because, by positing gender as fixed it flies in the face of feminism." Subsequently, Bindel has been prevented from speaking not just about transgender issues, but also about violence against women and girls. The no platforming has taken the form of direct intimidation â" "I had death threats [...] I was shouted at, physically attacked on stage," Bindel tells me â" as well as coming in more official guises.'
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Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Needlessly leaving Americans to die under siege, and then lying about the cause isn't big enough for you? Why, because it wasn't money-related? Then, how about Obama's $1.7 billion ransom payment to Iran? Or, the lies surrounding the ACA? Or Obama's own lies about his knowledge of Hillary's private server?
And, each of the people still locked up in Guantanamo might also beg to differ with your assertion.
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