[ExI] Orwell's "1984" now has an introductory "Trigger Warning"

[Adrian Tymes]

Convicting the dead, especially of things that aren't formal crimes as
defined by the legal code, has long been an exercise in empty posturing.

On Sun, Jun 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> The USA discovers irony by adding a trigger warning to a novel about
> thought control!
> This news item has appeared in many conservative media sources.
> BillK
>
> <
> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/07/orwells-1984-now-comes-with-trigger-warning/
> >
> Quotes:
> Orwell’s 1984 now comes with ‘trigger warning’.
> Author has been convicted of ‘thought crimes’ he warned about in
> novel, critic complains.
> 07 June 2025
>
> In 1984, citizens of the superstate Oceania are punished for
> subversive thoughts by the Thought Police.
> Now, in a real-world twist, the estate that oversees Orwell’s literary
> legacy stands accused of ideological policing.
>
> “We’re getting somebody to actually convict George Orwell himself of
> thought crime in the introduction to his book about thought crime,”
> said Walter Kirn, a novelist and critic, on America This Week, a
> podcast hosted by journalist Matt Taibbi.
>
> “We’re not yet in a world where books and classic books are being
> excised or eliminated,” Kirn added, but warned that the Orwell
> estate-approved edition of 1984 had been “published with an apology
> for itself”.
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