Reminiscent of the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s 1984, the Obama Administration introduced some “newspeak” terms into our political debate earlier this year. The “war on terror” became an “overseas contingency action” and “acts of terrorism” became “man caused disasters.” Seemingly innocuous changes in statements appeared to do no harm…
We no longer have a War on Terror, but Terror is not defeated. Thank you to those who have fought to keep us safe over the past eight years. God Bless those who perished on 9-11 and God Bless those who have died for their country.…
Progressives and their Orwellian Newspeak
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TweetReminiscent of the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s 1984, the Obama Administration introduced some “newspeak” terms into our political debate earlier this year. The “war on terror” became an “overseas contingency action” and “acts of terrorism” became “man caused disasters.” Seemingly innocuous changes in statements appeared to do no harm…
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