Ministry of Lies Cancels Roald Dahl; Shakespeare et al. Next By James Reed

In George Orwell’s 1984 novel, the protagonist, Winston Smith, worked at the Ministry of Truth, which was concerned with changing the words of text via editing, to make everything consistent with the ruling regime’s ideology. This is now gong on, with children’s author Roald Dahl, author of such works as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, now being rewritten. And it is not to do with racism and diversity, but any references that might offend anyone, such as reference to fat people.

And the march of the woke regime, repeating the moves of communist regimes such as Stalinist USSR, Mao and Xi’s China, has Shakespeare, JRR Tolkien, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell ready for a rewrite, of if not possible, censorship. Tyranny has arrived while the good people slept, and seemingly, keep sleeping.     

https://www.rt.com/news/571736-uk-shakespeare-far-right/

“Several of the UK’s most respected television shows, movies and works of literature have been included in a list of works that could potentially encourage far-right sympathies, compiled by the taxpayer-funded and government-led ‘Prevent’ counter-terrorism programme, according to the Daily Mail.

Works by JRR Tolkien, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell and even William Shakespeare, as well as classic movies ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ and ‘The Great Escape’ were cited in a list published by the British paper on Saturday as being highlighted by the counter-terrorism watchdog, for their potential use by far-right agitators to promote troublesome viewpoints online.

“This is truly extraordinary,” historian and broadcaster Andrew Roberts said of the list to the tabloid. “This is the reading list of anyone who wants a civilized, liberal, cultural education.

“It includes some of the greatest works in the Western canon and in some cases – such as Joseph Conrad’s ‘The Secret Agent’ – powerful critiques of terrorism. [Edmund] Burke, Orwell and Tolkien were all anti-totalitarian writers.”

In addition to movies and works of literature, television shows such as the original ‘House of Cards’ series and even the BBC’s ‘Great British Railway Journeys,’ presented by former Conservative politician Michael Portillo, are mentioned by ‘Prevent’ as being potentially attractive to people with far-right viewpoints.

It said in a recent report by its Research Information and Communication Unit (RICU) that far-right corners of the internet had promoted ‘reading lists’ and ‘important texts,’ as well as other media which could potentially stoke radicalism online.

The ‘Prevent’ counter-terrorism programme was set up by the British government in 2011 as a means to safeguard against “vulnerable people being drawn into criminal behaviour,” with an emphasis on combating ultra-right groups and Islamic extremism.

However, a recent audit of its practices found that ‘Prevent’ “often falls well short of the extremism threshold altogether” and that it “has a double-standard when dealing with the extreme right-wing and Islamism.”

Amnesty International has also been highly critical of the project, saying it is “deeply prejudiced” and has “no legitimacy”.

Despite its perceived failings, as highlighted by the review into its standards and practices, major changes are not expected in the management of ‘Prevent,’ which has operational costs of £49 million per year.”

https://nakedemperor.substack.com/p/ministry-of-truth-goes-to-work-on

“Roald Dahl is one of the most successful children’s authors ever. I don’t know about the rest of the world but in the UK his books are a staple of childhood. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, The Witches, Danny the Champion of the World, The Twits, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach and Fantastic Mr Fox are just a few titles that you will probably have heard of.

In 2021 Netflix bought the rights to Roald Dahl’s books from the Dahl Estate. However, the Ministry of Truth got hold of the books the year before when publisher Puffin and the Roald Dahl Story Company started to change words and phrases within the books. Sometimes they just removed things altogether.

Sensitivity readers (i.e. employees from the Ministry) have gone through every page of Dahl’s books and ensured that they “can continue to be enjoyed by all today”. Any language related to weight, mental health, violence, gender and race has been altered or removed.

So don’t worry if you are overweight, no longer will you have to read the word ‘fat’. Unsure about your gender? Not a problem, the ‘cloud-men’ have been changed to ‘cloud-people’ and ‘ladies and gentlemen’ to ‘folks’. Not sure how to react when you hear the word ‘white’? It’s been sorted for you and the character that ‘turned white’ has now gone ‘quite pale’.

In George’s Marvellous Medicine they’ve even added in a dedication that wasn’t previously there - “This book is for doctors everywhere”.

The culture war is in full swing. How long until 1984 is rewritten or sent to the memory hole?

The Telegraph compared the 2001 editions with the latest 2022 editions to highlight what changes have been made.”