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->Every week I'm let know what it is I'm supposed to be outraged about. I call this the "Five minutes of hate". If you don't get that reference, read 1984 by
by MCRed 11y ago
->Every week I'm let know what it is I'm supposed to be outraged about.
I call this the "Five minutes of hate". If you don't get that reference, read 1984 by George Orwell. I think you'll find it very illuminating.
One week, it was Chik-fil-a and how we should hate them because their CEO gave money to a cause I disagree with, the next it's some baker in oregon who dared to refuse to do a wedding cake for a gay couple. (I'm queer, I believe in gay marriage, but just because you have the right to marry doesn't mean you have the right to make some business sell you something.)
There's a lot of other stuff from 1984 that have become real-
The memory hole-- how everyone forgets the past (and the media-- our big shouting head-- pretends like it doesn't exist.)
Double-Speak is Double-plus real too. Etc.
- jinushaun 11y agoOh. My. God. You're right! Social media is our version of the Two Minutes Hate. I've been complaining about this for years! Can't believe I never made that connection.