> Just it's the opposite: an Orwell quote in this context makes no sense. It makes complete sense. Something that is "offensive" literally falls in the categor

> Just it's the opposite: an Orwell quote in this context makes no sense. It makes complete sense. Something that is "offensive" literally falls in the category of "don't want to hear". Thus the quote seems to be explicitly on topic and should need no explanation, regardless of if you agree. > If the University had forbidden a professor from ever using that term, i.e. reading aloud in class, banning all books with that term etc. - that would be Orwell. > This has nothing to do with Orwell's concerns about newspeak, thought police, language, controlling minds by controlling words. Firing someone for using a word isnt "controlling minds by controlling words"? Even so, Orwell did far more than just criticize goverments and autocracy. He was a complicated person (e.g. both an athiest and a dedicated curch goer), so I don't see why you think you can so easily decide on a "definitive" Orwell.