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Thomas Hurt

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2. The sitting fascist using another fascist tool...

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sat Jun 2, 2018, 01:38 PM

Jun 2018

14. Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak. Newspeak was invented by Orwell, in 1984, as the official language of Ingsoc, English Socialism. But elements of Ur-Fascism are common to different forms of dictatorship. All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning. But we must be ready to identify other kinds of Newspeak, even if they take the apparently innocent form of a popular talk show.

Umberto Eco Ur-Fascism 1995

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The Guide To Trumpseak... [View all] MrScorpio Jun 2018 OP

Spot on with all of these nature-lover Jun 2018 #1

The sitting fascist using another fascist tool... Thomas Hurt Jun 2018 #2

Don't forget this one... donkeypoofed Jun 2018 #3

"People are saying" sometimes means "I saw this on Fox & Friends (or Hannity)" oberliner Jun 2018 #4

To purposely intend to COVER-UP Trump's complete lack of understanding and intelligence... State the Obvious Jun 2018 #5

More Trumpspeak MrScorpio Jun 2018 #6

+1 dalton99a Jun 2018 #7