http://www.dailyinterlake.com/frank_miel...oublethink

Author takes on the absurd idea of cultural appropriation and other contradictory arguments of the left:

"If you have a hard time following the logic of some liberal arguments, don’t worry. It’s not you.

Taking a page out of George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” our modern prog friends have mastered the art of doublethink — “the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”

As Orwell described the “labyrinthine” world of doublethink, it was “To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy.”

In the novel, the examples are plentiful: “War is peace.” “Freedom is slavery.” “Ignorance is strength.” But they are just as plentiful in real life: “Equality is racism” (if you oppose special treatment for one race, you are guilty of a hate crime). “Truth is a lie” (political correctness run amok forces people to say that which they know is untrue). “Hate is love” (attacking Trump supporters is necessary to make them see the light)...."

https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhun...e-n2506865

Double standards are the only ones the left has.

"...For decades the political left has held conservatives to the highest of standards while exempting themselves, but rarely has it been laid so clear. The party of tolerance hates you if you are conservative, they hate you if you are indifferent, they hate you if you aren’t sufficiently liberal. Quite simply, they just hate you.

They hate you because of your skin color, your job, your thoughts, your religion, that you have a religion other than government, how you have fun, what you consider fun. They hate you because you oppose them and they hate you because you aren’t them.

For that, they must be held in contempt, or at least to account.

Sarah Jeong isn’t problem, standards themselves are not even the problem, double standards are. As I describe in my book, as was on full display this week, were it not for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all. As uncomfortable as it may be for conservatives, who view people as individuals responsible for their own actions, the time has come to apply the same rules to the left they apply to everyone else. If we don’t, or if we won’t, we might as well surrender now...."

#henceDJT

been saying this was the battle all along with protecting the USD.....

the idiots are PLENTIFUL.....EVERYWHERE

The Left’s relationship with Orwell has been complicated for a long time. One one hand, he espoused left-wing views, especially on economic matters — he was a full-blooded socialist. Yet he also had this annoying (to some) habit of seeking out information first-hand, refusing to go along with the Party Line, and pointing out facts that were not politically convenient or helpful to the preferred Narrative.

The bottom line is that, for a writer who died in 1950 and whose best writing was all done in a period of about 15-20 years, Orwell’s essays/books remain remarkably relevant and clear even to the present day. But I can’t help but remember the comment (made by a left-wing writer about 1970) that, since his views seemed to be shifting in a vaguely/potentially rightward direction, “It was a blessing for him probably that he died” at age 46.