Newspeak: “In the 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984), by George Orwell, Newspeak is the fictional language of Oceania, a totalitarian superstate. To meet the ideological requirements of Ingsoc (English Socialism) in Oceania, the Party created Newspeak, which is a controlled language of simplified grammar and limited vocabulary designed to reduce a person’s ability to think critically.”
See also: “the officer’s gun discharged” instead of “police shot the man”
I remember thinking this aspect of the book was far fetched, but holy shit was he spot on. Language really does inform how we think, and controlling that can be very powerful
The gun discharged, unprovoked
They also murdered about 80 people when they kidnapped and trafficked them.
It’s not a “war”, it’s a “special operation”. Anyone who says it’s a war is committing treason.
Since only Congress has the power to declare war, people who care about accurate language (especially journalists!) use other terms to describe troop deployments outside officially declared wars.
The US military has had names for nearly all of their operations since the mid-1960s, and these traditionally have been used by the press. Operation Power Pack in 1965 (invasion of the Dominican Republic) was the first one I found in my cursory search.
Major ones I remember from my life include Operation Desert Shield/Storm/Strike (1990s), Operation Enduring Freedom (“war on terror” in Afghanistan after 9/11), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (“war on terror” expands inexplicably to Iraq).
This type of framing is not new, and it’s not a conspiracy. It’s a bunch of language nerds making sure that they use accurate terminology.
BBC bans journalists from telling the truth?
It’s so unprecedented!
/s
BBC is appeasing Trump. The UK is a lost cause. An Irrelevant ex-empire. Just like the US is going to be, once it finally implodes.
Can it please implode faster?
One part of me hopes so but if/when it does, I doubt something better will emerge - which is terrifying.
I want it to implode enough that the federal government can’t keep hurting its citizens, but not so much that the citizens are worse off than when they were being repressed.
Kidnapping is an emotionally loaded term which isn’t used in journalism. Makes sense.Edit: nah I’m wrong. They’d use it for the actual crime of kidnapping.I hate this shit. We need media to call a spoon a spoon.
Call lies, lies. “Misinformation”, “inaccuracies” “incorrectly said…” Nah fuck that. Trump lied.
Spoon? Is that like a symmetrical, dull, parabolic knife?
Someone’s never seen a grapefruit spoon
In truth, I haven’t, but I’m sincerely looking forward to having the nuances of esoteric cutlery and their proscribed use in polite society explained to me, as if in a cotillion class, by someone with the username “prole.”
Nah, they’re just cool looking, sharp spoons
That makes sense. I hope my tone came across as more playful than accusatory.
No, that’s a putty knife. Spoons are elliptical and concave.
Your MOM’s dull and parabolic, but not symmetrical!
Duh. Her boobs are not the same size.
Alright, Sunflower Eriksen, just calm your tits.
I’ll have you know that my decreasingly ample bosom is in a state of complete relaxation 😁
Question : I break into someones home and take them to my home (from their bed) and lock them up. What’s that called?
It depends. What’s your net worth?
Depends on who’s writing history.
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¿how many countries have you or the homeowners been el/la presidente of?
So if it’s a president, it’s not kidnapping, but just a surprise trip?
sparkling vacation
honestly, if the police does it with a warrant in their own country it’s certainly not called a kidnapping.
Hell, in the us right now they’re doing it without warrants
I’ll allow it, as long as they call it a war crime.
Clearly, they should refer to it as “human trafficking” instead!
so much for that alleged freedom of the press
Halfway down was a quote from the working-class-LARPer fascist, Stephen yaxley-lennon, that he’s called for trump to invade the UK.
Unrelated, I’m pretty sure treason is the only thing we still have the death penalty for…
He’s half Irish, of course, so he’d have to deport himself under a Trumpist regime.
Judas, Brutus, Quisling, Yaxley-lennon
Names of traitors to their own people throughout history
Thank you for using that dickheads proper name
BBC is propaganda for the Empire.
Perhaps “unfreed” could be used instead?
British Biased Corporation
So BBC, while on the cusp of censorship for “defamation of Trump”, still sees it necessary to watch his arse?
These bootlickers man
They all have the same owners. Mainstream media is a compromised asset. Don’t go there for “news” they are all no better than fox these days.
