The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #163039   Message #3885635
Posted By: Donuel
30-Oct-17 - 07:28 AM
Thread Name: BS: 1984 was right, but not quite...........
Subject: RE: BS: 1984 was right, but not quite...........
Robomatic's last post is up to the high standards of a columnist.
I certainly believe it is his own. There is no doubt that Trump is not an ideal big brother or that our contemporary new speak is not as cohesive and organized by a single powerful agency as it is in 1984. Dismissing Journalism and critics with a phrase like 'fake news' comes close to new speak. The purpose of short phrases to invert the truth is the same for propaganda, brainwashing, new speak and some political correctness.

PS
call me anything or anytime you want. About one in ten of us deal with language the way I do. Robo clearly sees the difference. The thing is, human beings like myself find it too difficult or embarrassing to express themselves in a post or read in the first place. When I speak for others it is to prove we are not stupid.

We are here, our language is quirky*, get used to it.

* overly; eloquent, awkward, abbreviated, misspelled, with word/thought gaps and an unfortunate life long inability to recall lyrics instantly.

If you have no challenges of your own you are fortunate or haven't looked closely enough.

Donuel was my original birth name. My original middle name is
Webster. Ironic huh?