The American Right is literally just banning words that they don't like and people are still pretending they are pro freedom of speech
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Judd Legum
2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted.
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
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It’s all projection with the right; every accusation is an admission.
https://bsky.app/profile/0x6772.bsky.social/post/3lhtexcqoa222
As you say, both banning words while ‘protecting freedom of speech’.
https://bookanalysis.com/1984/doublethink/
Christ.
Since we can’t use the term ‘equity’ what should we use to refer to a portion of owned financial assets? Like on a balance sheet, or as a measure of profitability, or as a reference to shareholder value added?
I’m just a bit concerned about the accounting formula.
How can we stop our poundshop Trump doing this in the UK?
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Appears Orwell got the date and country wrong.
Like for example "cutting on the bias"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bias%20cut#:~:text=%3A%20to%20cut%20(something)%20diagonally,%C2%B9/%E2%82%84%2Dinch%20slices.
Like injustice? Bias? just completely showing their hand
The whole thing is garbage, but that one stands out.
It won't save their job, of course, not in the long run.
How can something that doesn't exist have a name?
They just never say the second part out loud 🙄
Complex words means complex thinking, which is anathema to fascism. Words need to be limited as much as possible in order to stymie our ability to discuss undesirable topics.