Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] German politician successfully prosecuted for telling the truth Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 15:48:02 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <20240522125702.0000756a@example.com> <17d212040b63de98$19324$3841210$c6d58c68@news.newsdemon.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 21:48:02 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ba870696565c90ad14db3c244f966bb9"; logging-data="2012166"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+xFQj5M1UHe9K5KxrQdOk9S92DvXiPbcY=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:YrnA3hx7UK9iaCyQlbWmz8ezsMk= In-Reply-To: <17d212040b63de98$19324$3841210$c6d58c68@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2737 On 5/23/2024 4:50 AM, trotsky wrote: > On 5/22/24 5:56 PM, moviePig wrote: >> On 5/22/2024 6:37 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>> On May 22, 2024 at 9:57:02 AM PDT, "Rhino" >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Once again, Leo Kearse hits it out of the park: >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5uW1Htq7XU [10 minutes] >>> >>> She cited the government's own statistics and was prosecuted for it. >>> >>> Truth is now illegal. >>> >>> Orwell (and likely moviePig) would be proud. >> >> So, Orwell and I share some view or other?  Sounds okay... >> >> > > Let's also be clear that the Inner Party (I know, Twat has no idea what > that is restated the truth as doublespeak, such as "the chocolate ration > has been raised from 28 grams to 20 grams."  Why does "right wing > illiterate asshole" have to be *this* redundant? > > Such language described by Orwell is called doublespeak. It is explained > by William Lutz, author of the book “Doublespeak”, as language which > “makes the bad seem good, the negative appear positive, the unpleasant > appear attractive or at least tolerable. It is language that conceals or > prevents thought.”Jun 14, 2022 > > 2.10: Double Speak - Social Sci LibreTexts > Social Sci LibreTexts > https://socialsci.libretexts.org › Argument_and_Debate I was going to say you're thinking of Frank Luntz, but lo and behold... >