The Geecologist

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Politics and the English Language

Posted By on April 8, 2008 in Truth | 0 comments

Shooting an Elephant (Penguin Modern Classics)

Political language – and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists – is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

And then:

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