TWO MINUTES HATE | NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR

Have you ever noticed how viral outrage regularly rips through social media? Pity the poor individual or group who suffer the burning heat of the public's wrath. Yet, as quickly as it comes, it's over. Then there's a lull for a few days, and then we're on to the next outrage.
It's not hard to see the parallels in the dystopian novel

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell
The Two Minutes Hate is a daily ritual practiced in George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984. It is a period of intense hatred and contempt directed towards the Party's enemy, Emmanuel (((Goldstein))), and his teachings.

The Two Minutes Hate is organized by the government and held wherever citizens are working. Everyone is expected to vocally express their hatred for the enemy by shouting, cursing, and spitting at a two-minute video projected onto a large screen....