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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] German politician successfully prosecuted for telling the
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Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 15:48:02 -0400
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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" 
>>> <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...
>>
>>
> 
> 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...

>