10 George Orwell Quotes That Perfectly Predicted Life In Modern America

rr165892

BSL,I know you love it,but #10 dosent quit resonate.Seems a bit far fetched.

It does have a doom and gloom ,there is no future ring to it,so that might fall right in your wheel house.

rr165892

I saw this and it reminded me of the Hypocricy that happens all to often by some who champion certain causes.

backseatLover12

hedonist said:

Some of those quotes kick ass - the brain, thoughts, and intent behind them.

But the dig about "teams" again? Nah, not so much.

Interesting from someone coming to terms with being a conservative… you said it yourself.

backseatLover12

If you don't like the team idea folks, don't belong to one. I didn't come up with the Team Conservative thing, but boy does it drive the point behind many posts here (overall) home.

rr165892

backseatLover12 said:

hedonist said:

Some of those quotes kick ass - the brain, thoughts, and intent behind them.

But the dig about "teams" again? Nah, not so much.

Interesting from someone coming to terms with being a conservative… you said it yourself.

Ahh,BSL,I wear many hats.Some progressive(Pro Choice,Gay Marraige,Pot Reform,enviormental issues,personal freedoms,etc)
I also happen to be Fiscal Conservative and Think of myself as a Gentleman.Im not religious and my opinions are not driven by party.Soooo make of that what you will.

Im a live and let live.You get out what you put in kinda guy.

I know what I am not .And that's a Whiny Liberal who like s to chuck rocks at the others side.That is not aimed at anyone in particular,just saying.

hedonist

backseatLover12 said:

hedonist said:

Some of those quotes kick ass - the brain, thoughts, and intent behind them.

But the dig about "teams" again? Nah, not so much.

Interesting from someone coming to terms with being a conservative… you said it yourself.

Hello, left field!

No idea what you're on about yet again.

Should you choose to pursue this, please bring specifics or let it go.

rr165892

hedonist said:

backseatLover12 said:

hedonist said:

Some of those quotes kick ass - the brain, thoughts, and intent behind them.

But the dig about "teams" again? Nah, not so much.

Interesting from someone coming to terms with being a conservative… you said it yourself.

Hello, left field!

No idea what you're on about yet again.

Should you choose to pursue this, please bring specifics or let it go.

Hedo,nothing more then a little Sat evening fun and Tom Foolery.
She gets a little angry at anyone who isn't hell bent that everything in this world is fucked up.oh well.

backseatLover12

Surely. Refer to the wonderful Wisconsin thread… both you and RR who now thinks he's a "Live and let live" kind of guy. Hilarious.

backseatLover12

hedonist said:

Hello, left field!

No idea what you're on about yet again.

Should you choose to pursue this, please bring specifics or let it go.

Fantastic. Refer to #8. Don't tell me the pot is giving you short term memory loss.

rr165892

BSL,you have no clue what your talking about.I do love the personal shots though.Your one classy chick.Id love to stay and continue this convo,but gotta go

hedonist

Oh dear...wait.

What was the question again?

(cheers, rr)

Last-12-Exit

I don't think these are predictions of anything. I don't know when each quote was written, but I would bet it could correlate with what year each was written in. Nostrodamus effect.

backseatLover12

And… team conservative wins again!! (refer to good 'ol #8).

Last-12-Exit

I've been called many things in my life, but conservative was never one of them.

rr165892

Last-12-Exit said:

I've been called many things in my life, but conservative was never one of them.

Scott there are worse things in life.

Last-12-Exit

rr165892 said:

Last-12-Exit said:

I've been called many things in my life, but conservative was never one of them.

Scott there are worse things in life.

Lol. I guess if being pro choice, pro gays marraige, anti war, and a die hard cub fan makes me conservative, so be it.

brianlux

rr165892 said:

BSL,I know you love it,but #10 dosent quit resonate.Seems a bit far fetched.

It does have a doom and gloom ,there is no future ring to it,so that might fall right in your wheel house.

This really struck me, reading this, because I was just now replying to a friend in our conversation about how big business and government are taking over organic farming and and pushing out small organic farmers. This is really happening. My reply to my friend was, "This is that boot in the face Orwell was talking about".

HughFreakingDillon

backseatLover12 said:

brianlux said:

jeffbr said:

I wasn't trying to necessarily have a positive effect. Just pointing out hypocracy. I completely agree with you that Orwell wouldnt have made the quotes in a dem vs. rep way but some people here seem to see it that way. I agree with your post above about the media, and would suggest that it is significantly more than half the politicians.

I somewhat see what you are saying but I still don't see the need to talk about democrats vs republicans. On the other hand, I think it's fair to say that in general conservatives will have a more difficult time agreeing with the Orwell quotes than people who tend to be more progressive.

I've said it in other threads. Maintaining that we're on a side will in fact keep us a divided nation. You can bet on that. And I'll clarify myself.

#8: “The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.”

Refer to the Wisconsin thread. Team Conservative in that thread would not even hear of it that there is a major national problem with the police and minorities even with all the factual evidence pointing it out. Not one of them would even acknowledge it and one or two even said that there is no problem at all.

It is so funny to me that you seem to be so enlightened, yet you don't even have a sweet clue who is even truly on these respective teams of yours. Many of us are not even on a team, but in order for your personal agenda to be forwarded, that is the only strategy that will work, to label and marginalize people into neat little boxes. Boxes that most of us stepped outside of long ago.

rgambs

I own my liberal nature. Most of the greatest minds ever among humans would be considered radical liberals right now, hell most of them were considered so in their own times. Conservatism by nature doesn't change the world, it seeks to uphold the status quo. I will err on the side of Shelley and Keats, Einstein and Bohr, Chavez and Ghandi over Milton and Donne, Popes and Priests, Thatcher and Bush.

josevolution

rgambs said:

I own my liberal nature. Most of the greatest minds ever among humans would be considered radical liberals right now, hell most of them were considered so in their own times. Conservatism by nature doesn't change the world, it seeks to uphold the status quo. I will err on the side of Shelley and Keats, Einstein and Bohr, Chavez and Ghandi over Milton and Donne, Popes and Priests, Thatcher and Bush.

Here here s toast to you .....