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My son is currently reading 1984 in school. The current parallels are not lost on him...
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:39 am
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:39 am
It really is interesting that the concepts of doublespeak and groupthink have become so ingrained in the progressive agenda, as well as the effort to use to the tools of the state to destroy history and people.
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Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:41 am to udtiger
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The current parallels are not lost on him...
Awesome, we read Fahrenheit 451 every year and most kids cannot draw the parallels. We read it early in the year, so we can figure out who our brighter kids are. 
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:41 am to udtiger
Don't forget the memory hole
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:44 am to CoachChappy
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Fahrenheit 451
He read that one as well.
We had a long discussion of why I keep books (including old textbooks and books I bought for college way back when) since "you can read them online." It did not take long for him to figure out that online content can be easily manipulated (Huck Finn is the best example in Literature).
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:45 am to Iosh
Well...since the EPA routinely refused to release any of its data or "science" supporting its positions, no one is really missing anything.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:46 am to udtiger
Great book. Really shows where we are heading.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:48 am to udtiger
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It really is interesting that the concepts of doublespeak and groupthink have become so ingrained in the progressive agenda
Just the progressives?
Both sides are guilty of this. It's OK to accept your side as not being perfect
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:49 am to udtiger
Still wonder why anyone trusts anything the gov't puts out.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:49 am to jeff5891
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Both sides are guilty of this
Conservatives have this strain in them, but it is nowhere near liberals/progressives.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:51 am to udtiger
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Conservatives have this strain in them, but it is nowhere near liberals/progressives.
of course not in your eyes. Admitting fault is one of the hardest things to do Independents love watching how pathetic both sides are in this respect. Try to have an objective view; you'll laugh your arse off
This post was edited on 4/24/17 at 9:53 am
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:54 am to udtiger
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Conservatives have this strain in them, but it is nowhere near liberals/progressives.
Thanks for responding to this because, speaking for myself, I hesitate to respond to his kind of thinking. How can my words or your words change his opinion when the evidence surrounds him 365 and 24/7, but, yet he IS STUCK on this notion of his that "both sides do it"?
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:57 am to udtiger
Animal Farm and Brave New World are my favorte texts of the utopian genra. I still have the hard back copy of animal farm my mom gave me from way back when...
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:00 am to jeff5891
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Just the progressives?
Both sides are guilty of this. It's OK to accept your side as not being perfect
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:25 am to udtiger
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My son is currently reading 1984 in school. The current parallels are not lost on him...
I hope you point out to him the one mistake in 1984.
It's not Big Brother we will have to worry about in the future.
It's Big Mother.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:42 am to udtiger
Excellent! We just finished 'Animal Farm.' I would also suggest 'Anthem' by Ayn Rand. Excellent intro to Rand for young people. Short, easy to read, really leaves you thinking! Adults enjoy it too.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:46 am to udtiger
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It really is interesting that the concepts of doublespeak and groupthink have become so ingrained in the progressive agenda, as well as the effort to use to the tools of the state to destroy history and people.
The fact you made this statement tells me you're guilty of same.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 10:52 am to conservativewifeymom
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Excellent! We just finished 'Animal Farm.' I would also suggest 'Anthem' by Ayn Rand. Excellent intro to Rand for young people. Short, easy to read, really leaves you thinking! Adults enjoy it too.
Ayn Rand is horseshite. Terrible writer. Terrible philosopher. If you want an intro to egoism, read Nietzsche. He could say in two pages what took her two hundred.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 11:06 am to Bigbens42
Your attempt at literary criticism and its egoism is noted and disagreed with!
Posted on 4/24/17 at 11:28 am to conservativewifeymom
What is 1984 about? Is the kindle or iBook version censored?
Posted on 4/24/17 at 11:45 am to udtiger
Have him read Atlas Shrugged next. That's a real eye opener when you look at what's happened in this country over the last few years.
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