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HAB911

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Tue Feb 21, 2017, 10:59 AM Feb 2017

Independent Movie Theaters Launch War On Trump

Independent movie theaters across America have decided to screen the film adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 to protest President Donald Trump’s quick descent into authoritarianism. The theaters say that, “[This] endeavor encourages theaters to take a stand for our most basic values: freedom of speech, respect for our fellow human beings, and the simple truth that there are no such things as ‘alternative facts.'”

On April 4, at least 90 theaters will show the film because April 4 is the day that Winston Smith, the main character, begins a diary.

Winston works for the Records Department in the Ministry of Truth, a government body tasked with altering the historical record to suit the Party’s current agenda. There is no sense of truth or falsity; the ‘facts’ shift daily. The Party uses its total control of society’s narrative to manipulate the citizens it rules over.

http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/02/20/independent-movie-theaters-just-launched-war-trump-brilliant-move/

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Independent Movie Theaters Launch War On Trump (Original Post) HAB911 Feb 2017 OP
They should also show rzemanfl Feb 2017 #1
Sadly, I long for President Comacho. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #2
I want Maya Rudolph to be first lady. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2017 #4
+ 1,000 Achilleaze Feb 2017 #3
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