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Resistance Is Futile Donating Member (693 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-03 11:14 PM
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The <cough> 'left' is imploding because the extreme right has spent thirty years redefining the language of political discourse to suit their own ends. Effective opposition cannot exist in this environment because the ruling party can destroy any opposition message simply by redefining the language to change the meaning of the message. The mechinism at work here is that the ruling party denies the opposition the right to exist by denying the opposition the language it needs to make its message.

Read 1984 to see how control over language controls the political landscape. Then watch Fox News to see how control over language works in real-life.
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