Re: [OT] German politician successfully prosecuted for telling the truth

On 5/24/2024 4:19 AM, trotsky wrote:

On 5/23/24 2:48 PM, moviePig wrote:

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>
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Once again, Leo Kearse hits it out of the park:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5uW1Htq7XU [10 minutes]

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She cited the government's own statistics and was prosecuted for it.
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Truth is now illegal.
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Orwell (and likely moviePig) would be proud.

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So, Orwell and I share some view or other?  Sounds okay...
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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?
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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
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2.10: Double Speak - Social Sci LibreTexts
Social Sci LibreTexts
https://socialsci.libretexts.org › Argument_and_Debate

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I was going to say you're thinking of Frank Luntz, but lo and behold...

 I don't follow.

Frank Luntz is the Conservative mastermind who invented reworking terminology to make abhorrent concepts sound palatable.  It's chicanery close enough to "double speak" that I thought "William Lutz" was your misremembering of "Frank Luntz".