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In article 
<17d212040b63de98$19324$3841210$c6d58c68@news.newsdemon.com>,
 trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> 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" 
> >> <no_offline_contact@example.com>
> >> 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...

> 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."

Just like "men are  women", "fat is healthy", "taxes can change the 
weather", and "free western societies are oppressors" while "murderous 
an oppressive Islamic theocracies are victims".