Saturday, July 23, 2016

George Orwell, call your office

George Orwell, call your office | Washington Examiner:
"George Orwell, call your office.
Image result for doublespeakProlific blogger Steve Sailer has spotted an Orwellian passage in a New York Times convention week story on the decision of Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel to support and speak at the convention in behalf of Donald Trump.
The central thrust of Silicon Valley-based reporter Farhad Manjoo's story is that Thiel's Trump endorsement is widely unpopular in Silicon Valley.
"People here pride themselves on a kind of militant open-mindedness," Manjoo writes. 
"It is the kind of place that will severely punish any deviations from accepted schools of thought."
Got that?
Open-mindedness means you severely punish any deviations from accepted schools of thought.
Memo to the literary estate of George Orwell: you may have a cause of action for violation of copyright."

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