Awesome Trump Protest: "1984", back in theatres

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  • 2MuchMark
    Mark of 2Much.net
    • Aug 2004
    • 50982

    #1

    Awesome Trump Protest: "1984", back in theatres

    Independent Movie Theaters Just Launched A War On Trump With A Brilliant Move





    Independent movie theaters across America have decided to screen the film adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 to protest President Donald Trump’s quick descent into authoritarianism. The theaters say that, “[This] endeavor encourages theaters to take a stand for our most basic values: freedom of speech, respect for our fellow human beings, and the simple truth that there are no such things as ‘alternative facts.'”

    On April 4, at least 90 theaters will show the film because April 4 is the day that Winston Smith, the main character, begins a diary.

    Winston works for the Records Department in the Ministry of Truth, a government body tasked with altering the historical record to suit the Party’s current agenda. There is no sense of truth or falsity; the ‘facts’ shift daily. The Party uses its total control of society’s narrative to manipulate the citizens it rules over.
    Full story at Independent Movie Theaters Just Launched A War On Trump With A Brilliant Move
  • CaptainHowdy
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Dec 2004
    • 94735

    #2
    Awesome! George Orwell is one of my favorite misogynists ...

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    • JohnnyClips - BANNED FOR LIFE
      Trump!
      • Feb 2011
      • 6442

      #3
      Originally posted by CaptainHowdy
      Awesome! George Orwell is one of my favorite misogynists ...
      It's those on the left who are the true fascists

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      • EonBlue
        Apocalypse
        • May 2007
        • 3043

        #4
        Mark, you need to stay off of the leftist websites - they are rotting your brain.

        Here is a nice commentary I came across about this:

        Lots of people have taken to reading 1984 since Trump's election, supposedly to 'understand' his presidency. If someone's an adult and is just getting around to reading 1984 now, that's a bad enough sign, but thinking it explains Trump makes that person an idiot. His presidency isn't characterized by state surveillance of individuals, elimination of individual rights, and a repressive state that suppresses all criticism of its leaders. The massive protests in America prove that Trump isn't doing what communists say his is.

        However there are features of the current political climate that 1984 does reflect. Although they aren't so much elements of a dystopian future as much as they were Orwell's observations about communists of his day. Part of it was the cultish stupidity and the need to create enemies to hysterically vilify in service of the cause.
        There simply is no parallel between "1984" and Trump. None whatsoever. Pretending that there is shows that you are not living in reality.



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        • escorpio
          King of Canada
          • Oct 2002
          • 23487

          #5
          "War on Trump"? Please. It's nothing but a money grab aimed at putting hysterical libby butts in seats.
          Unvaxxed, still alive.

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          • Bladewire
            StraightBro
            • Aug 2003
            • 56228

            #6
            22nd old dead Trump thread bumped by JohnnyClips today in the last 2 hours. This one died 2 weeks ago be for being bumped by JohnnyClips today

            Don't like it? Let Eric know [email protected]


            Skype: CallTomNow

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            • escorpio
              King of Canada
              • Oct 2002
              • 23487

              #7
              Those theater owners are going to make a fortune off dumb libs.

              "Come show your hatred for Trump! Only $12 a ticket!"
              Unvaxxed, still alive.

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