Their constant bleating of "four legs good, two legs bad" was used as a device to drown out any opposition or alternative views from Snowball, much as Stalin used hysterical crowds to drown out Trotsky.
ðɛɹ kˈɑːnstənt blˈiːɾɪŋ ʌv "fˈoːɹ lˈɛɡz ɡˈʊd, tˈuː lˈɛɡz bˈæd" wʌz jˈuːzd æz ɐ dɪvˈaɪs tə dɹˈaʊn ˈaʊt ˌɛni ˌɑːpəzˈɪʃən ɔːɹ ɔːltˈɜːnətˌɪv vjˈuːz fɹʌm snˈoʊbɔːl, mˈʌtʃ æz stˈɑːlɪn jˈuːzd hɪstˈɛɹɪkəl kɹˈaʊdz tə dɹˈaʊn ˈaʊt tɹˈɑːtski.