To: PhiKapMom
I wonder if the leftists in the democrat party are going to fracture it by being so extreme. BTW, you posted later about co-opting langauge. That is an old communist trick. Probably used before then as well. If you have never read this, I highly recommend Wild Swans, the story of the girls of a Chinese family who eventually came to America. But what is jaw-dropping is their (true) description of the way propaganda and language was used to control the people. black was literally white, good was bad. It is a dead ringer - though perhaps we are less extreme - for what is going on here.
25 posted on
06/29/2003 9:07:01 PM PDT by
Libertina
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To: Libertina
Thanks for the tip! I will pick it up tomorrow at the library! Sounds like a very interesting book and something we should all read!
31 posted on
06/29/2003 9:30:45 PM PDT by
PhiKapMom
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To: Libertina
"Wild Swans, the story of the girls of a Chinese family who eventually came to America." I've read that book, many years ago. Like you, I'd highly recommend it.
34 posted on
06/29/2003 9:38:34 PM PDT by
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