tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post4774025418725822955..comments2024-03-13T09:21:04.273-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: 1984 (a book review post)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-83998427239048228242017-08-25T06:13:20.723-07:002017-08-25T06:13:20.723-07:00Thanks for the reminder. I've long thought I n...Thanks for the reminder. I've long thought I need this book in my life.<br />V :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18159799725109784001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-3369528284945230822017-08-01T14:13:49.100-07:002017-08-01T14:13:49.100-07:00TAS: Yes, they are!TAS: Yes, they are!Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-18799142273953729482017-08-01T14:13:33.226-07:002017-08-01T14:13:33.226-07:00Jeanne: We may have only had it assigned because o...Jeanne: We may have only had it assigned because of the particular school I went to. I don't remember any of my friends who didn't go to my school having to read it. I'm still kind of surprised we read it because, you know, sex.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-82048797219456315112017-08-01T14:11:56.186-07:002017-08-01T14:11:56.186-07:00Briane: I didn't mean that our government is c...Briane: I didn't mean that our government is controlling language. Yet. But I do think it would be fair to say that our government is undermining language.<br />And, you know, with the new news the White House has been overseeing the fabrication of stories for Fox... Well, that's all very 1984.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-75991116233630015962017-07-31T20:13:17.811-07:002017-07-31T20:13:17.811-07:00So, we're the same age. I was in 8th grade in ...So, we're the same age. I was in 8th grade in 1984, although the book was never assigned to me. While we need to worry about those who are taking in what's being said and taking it as fact, keep in mind that there is a very vocal resistance out there. There is still hope.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-65500997185108931322017-07-31T19:40:38.099-07:002017-07-31T19:40:38.099-07:00I was in high school when I read it, though not as...I was in high school when I read it, though not assigned - good, light summer reading. I think I may have read it the same year I tackled Roots and Grapes of Wrath. Cheery stuff.<br /><br />Fox News is terrifying from an Orwellian perspective.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-87660114936587898952017-07-31T12:53:51.115-07:002017-07-31T12:53:51.115-07:00I was never assigned that book, which isn't su...I was never assigned that book, which isn't surprising considering how conservative the town I grew up in was. It would have been considered "too offensive". There were teachers who encouraged us to read it on our own, but couldn't go out and assign it because it might upset someone (that is, someone's parents). And then there were the people who did read it and sprayed "2+2=5" on the school.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-7289644152904908082017-07-31T12:02:26.891-07:002017-07-31T12:02:26.891-07:00This is one book that I haven't read, and I...This is one book that I haven't read, and I'm going to rectify that soon. Thanks for making me feel the urgency to educate myself better :)Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-50628826699958566932017-07-31T05:18:27.816-07:002017-07-31T05:18:27.816-07:00We read this in high school, although I barely rem...We read this in high school, although I barely remember it at all. It might've been one of the books I just sort of faked my way through.<br /><br />I disagree that the government is controlling the language, though; I think that the Internet has made it both easier and harder for people to communicate and changed the way we interact with government. Trump, far more so than any other president I can remember, has the ability to reach out directly to people through Twitter.<br /><br />Reagan was called "The Great Communicator" for his ability to get people to listen and sell his message, but even Reagan depended on someone carrying that message to people -- the mainstream media, as talk radio didn't even exist.<br /><br />Trump, though, has taken that to a new level. And the people fighting back don't seem to have grasped how this works, yet. Trump says something, and his backers take it as truth. Then they ignore the other side, period. We hear what Trump and his administration say because what they say is news, so media that I follow reports on it, however skeptically or angrily.<br /><br />But media that Trumpers follow don't carry the alternatives; how often do you think Chuck Schumer (and why is HE the liberal icon? Windsock Chuck only does whatever is most popular at the moment!) is on Fox News? I just did a check, and the only thing they seem to report on is bad news about him, not news about what he's proposing.<br /><br />That's something Orwell didn't predict. Everyone thought the government would control our thoughts in the future, but instead, it's us controlling ourselves.<br /><br />*cue ominous music, lower voice*<br /><br />WE ARE BIG BROTHER.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.com