I am not, by any stretch, an advocate of applying infinite charity to everyone, especially people in power Quite the opposite It doesn't matter if someone is saying 2+2=4 or 2+2=5, if they're saying it because they're a Nazi, punch them in the face
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Replying to @arthur_affect @SazCaz81 and
But this whole thing started because a bunch of right-wing Internet people - many of them Trump voters - started descending on math educators talking about trying to make math classes more diverse and inclusive Accusing them of being the Party and all that
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Replying to @arthur_affect @SazCaz81 and
This is a very common stance It's almost the MOST common way Orwell gets invoked nowadays, and why Orwell's face in a profile is such a red flag It's because of this kneejerk *aesthetic* response of "complication and sophistication is deception - plain speech is the defense"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @SazCaz81 and
Orwell himself thought like that and talked like that a lot It's a shame, because it's a straight line to conservatism I think it was something he struggled with internally ("Do I hold crypto-counterrevolutionary views? No, it is the children who are wrong")
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Replying to @arthur_affect @SazCaz81 and
Yeah - it's strange, too, because so much of Newspeak was about making language simpler and less sophisticated, specifically to make unapproved ideas impossible to communicate.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @SazCaz81 and
My least favorite of Orwell's famous writings isn't even any part of Animal Farm or 1984, it's "Politics and the English Language" I think his argument there, which he felt very strongly about, is just bad
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
He likes simple, direct, blunt language and he gets really annoyed by excess verbiage and complex jargon Therefore he equates the former with actual honesty and an earnest desire to communicate, and the latter with intent to obfuscate and deceive
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
This is an obvious mistake, and an easy one to exploit
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
Like I just have to point out People who love Trump love him because of his "straight talk" They think it's awesome he doesn't use big words and long sentences (and doesn't seem capable of doing so if he wanted to) They cheer him for how blunt and rude and off the cuff he is
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
And he lies to them all the time And they eat it up He does not need sophisticated language or clouds of obfuscatory jargon to lie He just lies The lack of any attempt to disguise the lie *helps him lie*
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Blunt talk is a style, nothing more Anyone can learn to use it, anyone can learn to lie with it It, too, is a strategy for lying Like how the best way to sneak into a club without an ID is to walk confidently in like your hand is already stamped
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
Orwell's hatred of euphemism and obfuscation is attacking the wrong target People talk like that because for whatever reason *they still need to tell the truth*, and they are trying to change how you react to that truth
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
"26 casualties were incurred as collateral damage" is a horrible thing to have to read, sure You read it because they were still telling you the truth though If they actually had the power to just lie and get away with it, they could, and they could do so bluntly and colorfully
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