Posted on 01/21/2020 1:35:38 PM PST by C19fan
Last night I was reading a short book by the French historian Alain Besançon in which he takes stock of the meaning of Nazism and Communism, in part by comparing the two totalitarianisms. This paragraph jumped out at me:
The psychological state of the militant is distinguished by his fanatical investment in the system. This central vision reorganizes his entire intellectual and perceptual field, all the way to the periphery. Language is transformed: it is no longer used to communicate or express, but to conceal a contrived continuity between the system and reality. Ideological language is charged with the magical role of forcing reality to conform to a particular vision of the world. It is a liturgical language for which every utterance points to its speakers adherence to the system, and it summons the interlocutor to adhere as well. Code words thus constitute threats and figures of power.
The liturgical language of intersectionality and Social Justice is familiar to many of us. I was thinking in particular about federal judge Kyle Duncans ruling the other day in which he refused a request by a trans prisoner to call him by his preferred female pronoun. The judge noted several problems with the request, and ended by saying he would not involve the federal courts in causing the kind of legal and procedural mess that would logically follow from adopting this practice. Among yappy others, the WaPos Ruth Marcus whined about the ruling in print, (tl;dr: Kyle Duncan is MEAN!), but the caravan rolls on.
(Excerpt) Read more at theamericanconservative.com ...
George Orwell died 70 years ago today.
Calm down, Rod. Have a cup of Orwellian coffee.
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