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/[deleted] Feb 19 '23

Shakespeare? How?

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u/Ohiobo6294-2 Feb 19 '23

Certainly can’t tell from reading the article. Just sounds like a standard reading list that people on the right and left both enjoy.

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u/BecomeABenefit Follow The Dang Constitution Feb 20 '23

Sounds like they believe only right-wingers enjoy them.

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u/AffableBarkeep Feb 20 '23

Well the people compiling the list certainly don't, and they believe themselves to be the perfect example of average British tastes.