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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Boy! The left leaves nothing undone. They even pressure a dictionary.

Of course. The Bolshevik politburo, on the eve of the October Revolution, argued all night long about what to rename the ministries after they took them over the next morning.

George Orwell noticed this use of language as mind-control by the Communists. He also noticed their deliberate imprecision and fuzziness when they were smearing (and shooting ) people during the Spanish Civil War, in which he had enlisted on the side of the Republicans. The behavior of the Communists turned Orwell against the Left and made him a stickler for clear language, once he discovered how the Left routinely lies 1000 ways from Sunday -- including by the imprecise use of language.

So, sure, Communists and Leftists generally try to get control of words, as levers on people's minds.

20 posted on 05/26/2012 2:06:42 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: lentulusgracchus

The left generally relies on making words mean “anything they want them to mean” apologies to Lewis Carroll.


23 posted on 05/26/2012 12:41:28 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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