Comments on: MSNBC commentater Krystal Ball discourses on the plot and significance of Orwell’s Animal Farm

By: bad dates

bad dates — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:28:36 +0000

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neo-neocon » Blog Archive » MSNBC commentater Krystal Ball discourses on the plot and significance of Orwell’s Animal Farm

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sat, 03 May 2014 17:45:00 +0000

Omelet’s in Stalin’s stomach. So is the gourmet meals in the Husseins.

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 03 May 2014 15:58:47 +0000

I like Orwell. Communists defended Stalin by saying that progress always comes with a cost. “You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs,” they said.

George Orwell famously asked: “Where’s the omelet?”

By: Don Carlos

Don Carlos — Sat, 03 May 2014 13:46:38 +0000

Neo:
“Even some socialists see the message of Animal Farm as ‘all revolutions fail.’ More later, in my post about it.”

Well, the American one is failing, no?

By: M J R

M J R — Sat, 03 May 2014 05:43:42 +0000

George, 10:59 pm — ” . . . positively Orwellian.”

Clever, that.

By: parker

parker — Sat, 03 May 2014 03:45:21 +0000

Golly geewhiz, if only the right people at the right time institute totalitarianism there will be rainbows at the end of everyday in the Sahara, unicorn farts will reverse AGW, and everyone will be equal in their abilities. Viva Fidel, Obama puede ser su heredero. There is your talking point Nick.

“In her case, I’d vote ignoramus. I doubt she’s clever enough to be a knave.”

Yep, she hasn’t the ability to understand Animal Farm, even if she has read it, which I doubt.

By: southpaw

southpaw — Sat, 03 May 2014 03:28:09 +0000

The ignorance an illiteracy of leftist journalists is shocking. Both my kids knew what “Animal Farm” was about when they read it in high school. They knew who Trotsky was and his coorsponding character and his ultimate fate at the hands of his buddies. They can tell you the whole analogy. But I credit a Texas public school for that.
In her case, I’d vote ignoramus. I doubt she’s clever enough to be a knave. More like a useful idiot hired by the real weasels at MSNBC.

By: George

George — Sat, 03 May 2014 02:59:57 +0000

I think Mr. Blair would have found Miss Balls interpretation of the story of “Animal Farm” to be positively Orwellian.

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 03 May 2014 01:11:10 +0000

I was going to say what Ann said in her first comment: Krystal may be the product of a bad education.

After all, if the teachers are too busy teaching “deconstructionism” and other nonsense Krystal may never have learned the “traditional” interpretation of Animal Farm; and, therefore, really doesn’t know any better.

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 02 May 2014 22:06:32 +0000

The problem (in his eyes) isn’t inherent at all. It’s the implementation. Orwell, in the Observer 1944: "Capitalism leads to dole queues, the scramble for markets and war. Collectivism leads to concentration camps, leader worship and war."