RE: George Orwell elevated to "Conservative leader" on conservapedia
August 7, 2011 at 11:35 am
(This post was last modified: August 7, 2011 at 11:36 am by reverendjeremiah.)
(August 7, 2011 at 10:06 am)Atheist Jew Wrote: On a less important note, I believe that Mr. Orwell opposed communism because it made socialism look bad.
That isnt less important. That is VERY relevant to the situation. Anybody with a working knowledge of politics understand the differences between socialism and Communism. Orwell was anti-authoritarian and socialistic. Communism came out as an authoritarian form of socialism. Of course Orwell is going to expose it for all its short comings...these under educated right wingers merely take the text for face value (something they accuse liberals of doing for their writtings and spokespersons) and consider him to be anti-socialism and therefore (stranglely) the equal of a modern day GOD..er..GOP right winger.
