orwellian

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Even though it would be a good idea, people would claim it's "orwellian" and a whole bunch of other *****.

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  1. of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)

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  • Very worrying indeed, but not surprising that Rudd should have condoned and continued the orwellian regime of Howard. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • Republicans bend over backwards to big business but Democrats are for unions-so mark my words-things like the Patriot act will be removed and real freedom will ring and not the Bush orwellian fascistness we have had for eight years-like compassionate conservatism-an orwellian bushy boy lie-may bushyboy rot and may all his feloow orwellian liars and criminals rot with him! —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Consider the orwellian nature of it all: Livni wanting Israel to commit suicide, expel real Jews from Yesha, and give Jerusalem to Hamas, while dividing Israel in two so that Hamas can transport missiles from Gaza to the West Bank more easily is "moderate", while Netanyahu being reluctant to surrender and hinting he may use some small degree of force in self-defense if attacked, is "hardline, ultra-nationalist". —  Israpundit
  • They are ready and are impatient to hurl thousands of thousands of people in concentration camps and to establish a more and more orwellian police-state; they just need an exuse for that.
  • I think that we'll move into the orwellian world but then i believe that we'll move beyond that into huxleys distopian view of total scientific dictatorship, the final solution for these monster elitisits! —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
 

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