doublethink

"how words become weapons,
how weapons become a message,
& how that message becomes reality"

i think self-education is far more dangerous to society than mass education...

today i've learned so many ways to manipulate language and how language is manipulated against us, how propaganda is seeping in every nook and cranny we thought we had caulked...
how far off track we've been led, how far off the track we've never even been on.

started UNSPEAK by steven poole today
something i think everyone should experience-for your sanity
for the sanity of humanity

next on the list
The Rise of Political Lying by Peter Oborne

nobody's safe

when i talked about conspiracies and 1984
i wasn't that far off

i believe "tolerance" may be one of the ugliest words we use...
we always hear that we should practice tolerance
no,
we should practice acceptance
tolerance is like saying "i still hate it but i'll tolerate as long as it doesn't infringe on me"
acceptance is not caring that people are different, that you love people for the fact that they are living creatures...

words are so ridiculously powerful, and we're always coming up with new ways to say the same old thing, but in a weaker way, new names for old tricks...

"names became weapons.
weapons were given persuasive names.
distinctions were deliberately blurred.
realities were denied.
punishments did not fit the crimes.
language created a permanant war."
--steven poole

"the thing about the gentleman, is that he is anything but casual
where speech is concerned"
--confucius