It is so goddamn fucking grating I'm almost certain "wrongthink" evolved because they knew it was absurd, unsupportable hyperbole to claim the "PC brigade" actually believes in "crimethink/thoughtcrime"
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They're literally saying it's the *equivalent* of criminalizing thoughts to just *say certain thoughts are wrong and treat them as though they are wrong*
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I don't want it to be *illegal* to think or say that "Trans women are men", I just want it to be known that people who say that are *wrong*, and should be treated like anyone else who says anything else that is wrong I *have standards*
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Everyone does that, because everyone has standards Orwell had standards, which is why he rants about "2+2=5" etc. elsewhere Even at his worst he didn't use "free speech" as mendaciously as you fuckers do
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("He called me a fucker! He said he has no respect for my opinion! He wants to be allowed to mock and criticize me without being sued! WHAT HAPPENED TO FREE SPEECH")
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Oh, so now we're doing thinkcrime
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Doubleplusungood, Arthur.
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At least I've yet to see anyone in the same situation try and butcher the word "bellyfeel"
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Inventing new words by simplifying and concatenating the language is however a theme of the book and a sign of the controlling government... so this sounds about right for the types of people using this word.
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Thankfully the Strong Sapir-Whorf hypothesis was debunked. Not having the words may make it more difficult to express oneself (the Weak Sapir-Whorf hypothesis), but ideas cannot be destroyed by destroying the words for then
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