Orwell: “To admit that an opponent might be both honest and intelligent is felt to be intolerable. …”

George Orwell in 1944: “To admit that an opponent might be both honest and intelligent is felt to be intolerable. It is more immediately satisfying to shout that he is a fool or a scoundrel, or both, than to find out what he is really like. It is this habit of mind, among other things, […]
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