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Billy Bob posted an update 5 years, 6 months ago
Nationalism and patriotism based on George Orwellian speak…considered a very high honor to be invited to speak here.
http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2017/05/ruth-nationalism-should-not-be-confused-with-patriotism
http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2017/05/ruth-nationalism-should-not-be-confused-with-patriotism/
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Dare I read this speech while eating lunch??
I wouldn’t recommend eating while reading …the words were spoken three years ago, may have new meanings by now. 😎
A scoundrel hiding in Orwellian clothes?
“Like all great writers [dangling modifier, BTW], the questions posed by Orwell are timeless.” Knowledge of English grammar among political speechwriters clearly is not.
This is the same tired, old baloney about how loving your country means loving everybody who’s not from your country. “For me,” she says, “patriotism is the acceptance that one might just as easily have come from Brazil as Britain.” I don’t quite get the logic.