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Given he was writing about a mix of Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany, I don't think the tendency for social justice people to assign overly provocative words t
by beaconstudios 5y ago
Given he was writing about a mix of Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany, I don't think the tendency for social justice people to assign overly provocative words to their ideas is worse than those places.
- knorker 5y agoI don't think you're familiar with Orwell, and the meaning of Orwellian. Did my comment read to you like I didn't know what real life societies he was writing about? I explicitly described how they fit into my point exactly in order to make people not reply with comments like yours.
- beaconstudios 5y agoMaybe you are just bad at writing clearly.
- knorker 5y agoI see now that my failure was in assuming an educated reader. And you're right that having an accurate model of the reader is indeed important for clear communication.