Saturday, November 02, 2024

Garbage Time at the 2024 Finish Line

Susan Glasser: The hate was the thing they were there for; the nastier the nickname, the cruder the slur, the bigger the roar ...

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By now, you've most certainly heard about the most shocking comments from the rally at the Garden: the comic who joked about Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage"; the childhood friend of Trump's who called Harris "the Antichrist," while wielding a crucifix before the audience like some medieval Crusader; Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump, Jr., promoting the white-supremacist "replacement" theory that claims Democrats want to get rid of native-born Americans and put foreign people of color in their place. When Trump's longtime adviser and chief anti-immigration ideologue, Stephen Miller, said, "America is for Americans and Americans only," did he know that it was a direct echo of the Ku Klux Klan's "America for Americans" slogan? Or the Nazis' "Germany for the Germans"? It did not seem like a question that needed to be asked"it had already been answered. I can assure you that the night was not, as Trump tried to claim a couple days later, "an absolute love fest."

#1 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-11-01 04:28 PM

It's all so Orwellian... an obvious Hate Fest is called a "Love Fest.

Women are to be 'protected' from their own health decisions.

Immigrants who boost the economy and commit less crimes on average than citizens are to be thrown out of the country.... along with the Statue of Liberty, on presumes.

"WAR IS PEACE, SLAVERY IS FREEDOM, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH" and people are subject to torture and execution if they question the order of things.

Newspeak, Doublespeak and thoughtcrime... all Trump go to moves.

"Newspeak. This involves the simplification and purification of the English language to the extent that it functions purely as a means of maintaining state power and control."

In this context, thoughtcrime is the key concept that has to be avoided " it is not only objecting to The Party, but even thinking about objecting that is outlawed."

Another aspect of this manipulation of language is the concept of doublespeak, whereby words are used to mask their real meaning, and in fact refer to their exact opposites.

So, for example, the Ministry of Plenty deals with food shortages and The Ministry of Love is where The Party uses violence and torture to extract confessions."

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theconversation.com

"George Orwell famously argued that clear language in politics can be a bulwark against oppression. But in the Trump era, his solution no longer holds."

www.theatlantic.com

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2024-11-01 04:43 PM

Also see new article:

"Nationalism is not patriotism: 3 insights from Orwell about Trump and the 2024 election
Published: October 30, 2024"

theconversation.com

"Exit Stage Left, as you do!"

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2024-11-01 04:48 PM

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