Doublethink Is Stronger Than Orwell Imagined - What 1984 means today (Pure Liberal Projection)

theatlantic.com ^ | George Packer

[Kickass Conservative]

Be sure to get them copies of Animal Farm as well.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Who is the target? Who is being gaslit?"

1. Independent conservative bloggers (Dennis Prager, InfoWars, etc.). They are already being banned and demonetized.

2. Fox News. Every word of every Fox host is closely monitored by the left, hoping to find some fatal gaffe or slur. In just the past year, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Judge Jeanine - among others - have already been targeted, resulting in suspensions (Judge Jeanine) and loss of sponsorship (Carlson and Ingraham).

3. Traditional Christian churches and pastors, including their social media and websites.

4. Christian-owned businesses.

5. Conservative organizations on college campuses.

6. Conservative talk radio.

7. All of us. Any conservative still in the work force is under threat of suspension or termination for thinking, saying, or believing the wrong things, even on their own time or on personal social media, even if it has no direct impact on their work performance or work relationships.

[stockpirate]

The real problem is he does see allthose things but is a propagandist for the DS.....

[Yardstick]

Spot on. This piece reveals the writer’s authoritarian leaning.

[justa-hairyape]

Anyone want to hire some hookers to pee on this guys bed ?

[goodnesswins]

Yeah...thought about it...one at a tome...is there a youtube of animal farm? I shd look

[Billthedrill]

It is fascinating that the author of this article can't see that it is the Left, its media, and its colleges and universities that have shut down debate, have nurtured and spread groupthink, doublespeak, and hive mentality.

Fish don't notice the water. And I can't imagine a wetter venue than the Atlantic.

One measure of just how far certain progressives have gone down that road is the number of things that have taken on the doublethink patina: we are informed, for example, that men can have periods, that free speech is Nazism, that theft is social justice, that entire groups may be subjected to random violence simply for being and society will be the better for it, that people may suspend all critical intellectual ability and chain themselves to The Narrative under the ironical title of Critical Thinking, and that The Party is the ultimate arbiter of truth. Orwell's villain was right: it takes work to believe that one's chocolate ration may be increased from 30 grams to 20 and that 2+2=5.

The problem is that the real world always eventually crashes through this defensive network of self-deception, generally in the form of some sort of catastrophe that might have been avoided with a little more regard to the truth. It's one thing to imagine to yourself that you can fly and to get a friend to validate that as Smith is told in 1984; it's quite another to believe it when the floodwaters are closing in.

[hanamizu]

"...disseminate a meme: “ ‘The People Will Believe What the Media Tells Them They Believe.’ — George Orwell.” But Orwell never said this. The moral authority of his name was stolen and turned into a lie " -------- I believe that it was Hillary Rodham Clinton, the smartest woman in the world and the most qualified candidate in the history of the Republic, who said that the lesson of 1984 was “ to make you question logic and reason and to sow mistrust towards exactly the people we need to rely on: our leaders, the press, experts who seek to guide public policy based on evidence, ourselves,” I find it interesting because this is the second time this week that I've seen Orwell's warning twisted 180º, ie. we should trust those in authority. If we are told that men who believe they're women and experts tell us they really are women...

[Pilated]

well Bub, lines like below are aimed at people like me who are against Progressive-ism/Communism/Fascism/Forced mind think.........
“We are living with a new kind of regime that didn’t exist in Orwell’s time. It combines hard nationalism—the diversion of frustration and cynicism into xenophobia and hatred—with soft distraction and confusion.
I don’t know about you but the above does not describe me, even though I do not think like a democrat.
Have a nice life with what ever you believe - hope you live long and healthy without over government control on you.

[RoosterRedux]

Bub?

My polite question was honest, even if you aren't.

Perhaps you don't understand the concept of gaslighting.

This article is in The Atlantic. Unless you are a reader of The Atlantic (and a liberal), you are not the target. Ergo, you are not being "gaslit." BTW, I am not a reader of The Atlantic but stumbled on this article quite by accident. Posted it because it is good that we know our enemy and how he thinks.

Furthermore, because the author of this piece seems to believe his own bilge, he is not trying to "gaslight" his liberal brothers.

Bub. Heheh.

Or perhaps a better name for you is Boob.

[RoosterRedux]

Gaslighting is a tactic wherein a person (or group) makes another person (or group) question their own sanity and perception of reality.

This article seems to be preaching to the converted (the author's fellow Liberals) by attributing qualities to the Right that are practiced by and inherent to the Left. That may be despicable, but it's not gaslighting.

That said, Liberals are most certainly guilty of spreading propaganda and lies that demonize, discredit, and seek to destroy the Right.

[Prince Caspian]

Prepare for your two minutes of hate.

It's been a long time since I've watched or thought about that. Prompted me to find this. Notice the similarities to the popular left-think of today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vvvPZd6_D8

[Pilated]

I prefer luscious breast with beautiful areolas. Thank you very much tiny goin mass.

[Pilated]

mea culpa, I meant Tiny Groin Mass.

[Steve_Seattle]

"This article seems to be preaching to the converted (the author's fellow Liberals) by attributing qualities to the Right that are practiced by and inherent to the Left. That may be despicable, but it's not gaslighting."

The author was not trying to gaslight the readers of The Atlantic, but to give them arguments to go forth and gaslight conservatives wherever they find them, to make conservatives believe that what they see as inarguable reality is actually false, i.e., that it is really conservatives, not the left, who deny the concept of absolute or objective truth.

[YogicCowboy]

It is the same with the authors of Hunger Games and Harry Potter: pure projection.

[RipSawyer]

I’m wondering what George Packer’s middle name might be, my first guess is Fudge.

[JimRed]

Insisting that immigrants obey the rules is hatred.

[JimRed]

The 2 minutes of hate scene in 1984...

Try the 24/7 hate scenes of CNN and MSNBC!

[sauropod]

Bkmk