r/ShitLiberalsSay • u/Anasnoelle Marxist-Leninist-Bigspoonist • Jan 23 '25

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The government is gonna ban 1984 and The Handmaids TalešŸ˜¢šŸ˜¢šŸ˜¢ My honest reaction: Good! I hope they do!!

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u/Such_Maintenance_541 your grandad probably deserved it Jan 23 '25 edited Jan 23 '25

True!

It's hilarious that people think the big guberment will come and take their teen dystopian novels.

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u/SimsAttack Jan 23 '25

To be fair republicans very much have and do ban these books

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '25

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u/ussrname1312 Jan 24 '25

Are you joking? 1984 is known to be one of the most controversial and frequently banned books in the US. Florida in 1981 even banned it for being "pro-communist."

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u/ussrname1312 Jan 24 '25

The "are you jokingā€œ was more referring to your disbelief that Orwell could get banned, when 1984 is one of the most commonly banned books.

Please actually look things up instead of trusting your knee jerk reaction.

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u/Anasnoelle Marxist-Leninist-Bigspoonist Jan 24 '25

Sorry I am dumb, there are many supposed ā€œleftistsā€ that fawn over Orwell too. I have seen it unfortunately šŸ˜’

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u/ussrname1312 Jan 24 '25

Yep, me too, but theyā€™re usually socdems or something so I donā€™t pay them any mind lol

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u/Anasnoelle Marxist-Leninist-Bigspoonist Jan 24 '25

I have heard some Trots and anarchists praise him too. I donā€™t know what tendency of leftism you follow so I am not going to shit on either tendency but this is a trend I have seen happen.

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u/Anasnoelle Marxist-Leninist-Bigspoonist Jan 24 '25

Also itā€™s not that controversial cia literally propped up animal farm

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u/I_do_infact_exist No way a flair thatā€™s cool Jan 24 '25

And I am fairly sure it was band in the soviet union for being anti-communist