Isn't it odd that conservatives use the works of a democratic socialist to discredit socialism?

Sources:
1984
Homage to Catalonia
Was Martin Luther King a socialist?
https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspec...
BBC proposes 8ft tall bronze statue in honour of George Orwell
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
MLK's opinion on communism
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/en...

Music:
Requiem 1 Giuseppe Verdi - Dies irae, Libera me
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Intro 0:00
George Orwell 3:00
1984 and the Soviet Union 9:06
Homage to Catalonia 15:01
The Comments 16:54
The Whitewashing of Martin Luther King 20:18
Ending 24:07