George Lakoff

Orwellian language means the opposite of what it says. Examples:

A "Clear Skies Initiative" that increases pollution.

An "election integrity" bill that kills democracy.

A "free speech absolutist" who silences journalists.

Which examples would you add?

Dec 21, 2022 at 6:59pmWeb
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Dec 21, 2022

@georgelakoff

#NewSpeak and #DoubleThink, precisely.
#Putler and the #MAGATs are pros in this and have been avid students of #Goebbels.

Show threadJeugdzorgToots 🍋Dec 21, 2022
@georgelakoff jeugdwet
Participatie wet
Passende zorg
Allemaal orwellian
Show threadEstarianneDec 21, 2022
@georgelakoff a "safe schools" initiative that puts LGBT kids at risk. So many examples of this.
Show threadbooksncatsnbooksncatsnDec 21, 2022

@georgelakoff “Right to Work” laws

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law?wprov=sfti1

Right-to-work law - Wikipedia

Show threadplanetscapeDec 28, 2022
@la_marteau @georgelakoff 🏆
Show threadPatrick GillamDec 21, 2022
@georgelakoff
“Right to work” laws do not expand rights.
Show threadCatmama 🐈Dec 22, 2022
@patrickgillam @georgelakoff
Exactly! They do the opposite.
Show threadPatrick GillamDec 21, 2022
@georgelakoff
Honorable mention: The cigarette ads that show active people in fresh air.
Show threadJoe KatzDec 21, 2022
@georgelakoff "Child protection" laws that remove trans kids from their parents' homes as abused kids if they receive gender-affirming care.
Show threadnadin brzezinskiDec 21, 2022
@georgelakoff @johnettesnuggs @Jallaj1 if you want to skip Orwell professor lakoff is very good.
Show threadnadin brzezinskiDec 21, 2022
@georgelakoff @johnettesnuggs @Jallaj1 and if you want to spot the looney, Russian language is easier to start with. Mostly it’s more obvious
Show threadhilaryjohnDec 21, 2022
@georgelakoff
British governing politicians are constantly "going forward" while in fact the country is sinking under their avarice and corruption.
Show threadMJ MuseDec 21, 2022
@hilaryjohn2 Donald did a pretty good job corrupting the US and leaving a mess
Show threadhilaryjohnDec 21, 2022
@MJmusicinears Yep, we got lumbered with the same crap on both sides of the Atlantic!
Show threadJoel VanderWerfDec 21, 2022

@hilaryjohn2 @georgelakoff The word "delivering", as in "delivering brexit" or "delivering for the British public" always makes my head spin. It's ironic, with traffic jams at the ports and other barriers to delivering anything.

Sometimes I wonder if they are really saying "de-livering" in a Promethean sense.

Show threadhilaryjohnDec 21, 2022
@joelvanderwerf @georgelakoff
Now that is not only good, it is excellent - de-livering in the Promethean sense. Bookmarked!
Show threadenmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉Dec 21, 2022
@georgelakoff MAGA - wants to take America back to a time that's a massive step back for freedom and liberty of the vast majority.
Show threadMikko LehtovirtaDec 21, 2022
@georgelakoff
”We plan to annex no country”
”These people are terrorists” (context dependent though)
”Traditional values”
Show threadpollyDec 21, 2022
@georgelakoff Compassionate Conservatism
Show threadHe's dead JimDec 22, 2022
@georgelakoff How about "Military Intelligence" or "Jumbo Shrimpy"?
Show threadMokuraiDec 22, 2022

@georgelakoff
Pro-life
Fiscal responsibility
Christian
Family values
Free speech
Partisan
Fake news
Witch hunt
Election fraud
Illegal immigrants, for asylum seekers
Grooming

All of this screaming means we're winning.

Show threadSanRafaelDadDec 22, 2022
@georgelakoff Religious Freedom.
Show threadheidiDec 22, 2022
@georgelakoff
Citizens United divides
Show threadKelly ✨️ HAS MOVEDDec 22, 2022
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Calling the USA the "Land of the Free" when it has the highest rate of incarceration
Show threadVinDec 22, 2022

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Capitalist politics and capitalist economics are taught in school from day one. #orwell l

Show threadChernynkayaDec 22, 2022
@georgelakoff Christian
Show threadKrishna Del TosoDec 22, 2022
@georgelakoff I see some good Orwellian subtlety in the expression "preventive war": to engage in a war to prevent a war.
Show threadMaurice MilliganDec 23, 2022
@georgelakoff "Conservatives" who ravage, gouge, loot and destroy.
Show threadShiikoDec 27, 2022
@georgelakoff an “even playing field” that is skewed.
Show threadAdam BurckDec 28, 2022
@georgelakoff Protection of Marriage Act that prevents marriages.
Show threadAdam BurckDec 28, 2022
@georgelakoff Republican Party. ;)
Show threadSteveDec 31, 2022
@georgelakoff kinda like The Inflation Reduction Act.
Show threadBc Clarity Carlton-MartinJan 1, 2023
@georgelakoff Public health dept.
Show threadA MitchellJan 28, 2023

@georgelakoff

More Orwellian language:

The free market

Peace keepers

“Security” forces

Public-Private “Partnerships”

Competitiveness = low-paid, non-unionized labor

Tough on crime = support for the prison-industrial complex

Show threadShachihokoApr 6, 2023

@georgelakoff

"Religious freedom" that ruthlessly imposes one religion's dictates on everyone regardless of their religion.