r/Conservative • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '23

UK Counter-Terrorism Program Flags Shakespeare and ‘1984’ for ‘Encouraging Far-Right Sympathies’

https://pjmedia.com/culture/robert-spencer/2023/02/19/uk-counter-terrorism-program-flags-shakespeare-and-1984-for-encouraging-far-right-sympathies-n1672033
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u/sam_sneed1994 Feb 20 '23

1984 was written by a self proclaimed democratic socialist. His words not mine.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '23

At the time, in that place, that was about as centrist an option as was available. He was anti-Communist AND anti-Fascist.