Liberals Place ‘Trigger Warnings’ on 75th Anniversary Edition of Orwell’s 1984

By Sean Adl-Tabatabai

 

Liberals have sparked controversy by adding trigger warnings to the 75th anniversary edition of George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece 1984, with an introduction by an American professor highlighting content some readers might find unsettling.

According to The College Fix, the warnings stem from Dolen Perkins-Valdez, a literature professor at American University who describes herself as a “pre-eminent chronicler of American historical life” on her website. Her introduction, approved by the Orwell estate, flags potentially distressing elements in the novel, prompting debate over the necessity of such disclaimers in a work renowned for its critique of censorship and control.

Notably, Perkins-Valdez points out the absence of Black characters in 1984, a detail she deems significant enough to include in the trigger warning. Critics question the relevance of this observation, arguing it imposes contemporary social expectations on a novel written in 1949 about a totalitarian future, not racial dynamics…

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