The article about the correct use of "Orwellian" couldn't have come at a worse time. I think typically "Orwellian" describes using rhetorical devices to construct an alternate reality.
The writer seems to be making a point that Orwellian opposed totalitarianism and that people making the accusation of Orwellian recently are actually in fa…
The article about the correct use of "Orwellian" couldn't have come at a worse time. I think typically "Orwellian" describes using rhetorical devices to construct an alternate reality.
The writer seems to be making a point that Orwellian opposed totalitarianism and that people making the accusation of Orwellian recently are actually in fact advocating fascism and totalitarianism and are therefore contradicting themselves. But what we're really seeing more and more is that the agents of Orwellian rhetoric are now often on the opposite side of the political spectrum.
The article about the correct use of "Orwellian" couldn't have come at a worse time. I think typically "Orwellian" describes using rhetorical devices to construct an alternate reality.
The writer seems to be making a point that Orwellian opposed totalitarianism and that people making the accusation of Orwellian recently are actually in fact advocating fascism and totalitarianism and are therefore contradicting themselves. But what we're really seeing more and more is that the agents of Orwellian rhetoric are now often on the opposite side of the political spectrum.