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Re:Rubbish (2002) by bazzargh on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @11:07AM (#16107128)
Orwell isn't wrong in this case... because the quote wasn't Orwell. Who actually came up with it is lost to the mists of time https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/01/20/news-suppress/

Orwell did state a similar notion, "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear", in the preface to Animal Farm.

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Re:Rubbish (2002) by goialoq on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @07:42PM (#16111618)
The liberty quote means something quite different, and quite controversial. Contrast against "Freedom of speech does require anyone to listen"
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Re:Rubbish (2002) by toxican on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @11:11AM (#16107167)
I think in this case it's best to attribute the quote and the Orwell attribution to Michael Scott and call it a day :)
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