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American Owellianism: Defeat is Defense; Freedom is Slavery; Diversity is Strength
Gun Watch ^ | 6 July, 2016 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 07/05/2016 7:15:23 PM PDT by marktwain




George Orwell's 1984 had three slogans that were repeated constantly.  They were counter factual, they showed that people were repeatedly told and were expected to believe the most outrageous, anti-rational, contradictory lies in order to inculcate obedience.

The same is true in the United States of today.  Political Correctness is what we are expected to believe without any rational examination.  We are expected to believe direct contradictions as a matter of public policy.  The irrational assumptions of that policy may not be challenged. We are constantly lied to and expected to accept the lies. I posit that Orwell's three slogans have been changed for the reality of American politics.  These are the three slogans that epitomize the American version of 1984:

Defeat is Defense

Freedom is Racism

Diversity is Strength

We are told that each defeat we suffer is necessary for our defense. Defeat is Defense.

We are told that we are not free to say certain things.  To think certain thoughts, to associate or not associate with those we choose.  We are not allowed to follow deeply held, long term religious beliefs.  To exercise this freedom is said to be racist.  The unstated, but obvious inference is that Freedom is Racism.

We are told over and over that accepting more and more poor, uneducated people from more and more cultures actively hostile to our own, somehow (unexplained) strengthens us.  Diversity is strength.

Defeat is Defense

Freedom is Racism

Diversity is Strength

It could not be more clear if these slogans were printed below every television broadcast and every leftist site on the Internet.  They are taught in the universities and in the common schools.  They are required attitudes in the entertainment industry. The have been and are constantly being driven into our culture and consciousness.

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: diversity; orwell; politics; slogans
Orwell was ahead of his time, but the time line was off. It may be that the Internet is saving us.
1 posted on 07/05/2016 7:15:24 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

And with the political elite,
GUILT IS INNOCENCE.


2 posted on 07/05/2016 7:21:32 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: marktwain
Orwell was a genius.

And judging from today's FBI declaration:

" All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. ... "

3 posted on 07/05/2016 7:31:07 PM PDT by PROCON (Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
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To: PROCON

Absolutely correct.


4 posted on 07/05/2016 7:37:16 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Thanks for the link!


5 posted on 07/05/2016 8:06:04 PM PDT by BurrOh (All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. ~Orwell)
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To: marktwain

PC warriors demand “NewSpeak.”

Mark


6 posted on 07/05/2016 11:21:01 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: All

Double plus unguilty.

Except for freely broadcasting a variety of national secrets and other classified information, the Model Citizen did nothing wrong, that is to say, nothing ungood.

Some are so correct that they cannot break a law. The mere fact of appearing to break a law proves only one thing, the weak observational skills of the onlooker. Double plus ungood skills. To the camps.


7 posted on 07/06/2016 12:03:00 AM PDT by Peter ODonnell (The rule of law turned into the drool of lawyers)
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To: marktwain

Unity is strength, Diversity is chaos.


8 posted on 07/06/2016 4:55:13 AM PDT by Awgie (Progressives should be called RE-GRESSIVES!)
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To: marktwain

Unity is strength, Diversity is chaos.


9 posted on 07/06/2016 4:55:13 AM PDT by Awgie (Progressives should be called RE-GRESSIVES!)
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To: marktwain

We have seen the enemy...

Orwell was so right.


10 posted on 07/06/2016 5:07:11 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks marktwain.

11 posted on 07/08/2016 10:51:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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