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There's hope (Original Post) cyclonefence Jan 2017 OP
That comment, in itself, is an alternate fact. nt. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #1
Minister of Propaganda needs more practice at the truth csziggy Jan 2017 #2
Nope... hurple Jan 2017 #3
Joseph Goebbels has approved the following message: Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #4
Words have meaning Yonnie3 Jan 2017 #5
Pre-cisely cyclonefence Jan 2017 #6
Did he really say "duplicity"? Iggo Jan 2017 #7
yep cyclonefence Jan 2017 #8

csziggy

(34,139 posts)
2. Minister of Propaganda needs more practice at the truth
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 03:03 PM
Jan 2017

But I am afraid the concept is completely foreign to his and the moron he works for.

hurple

(1,306 posts)
3. Nope...
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 03:05 PM
Jan 2017

They're going to fix it so there's nothing *but* "alternative facts"

So that their view of reality is the only view the American public can see...

Jacob Boehme

(789 posts)
4. Joseph Goebbels has approved the following message:
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 03:07 PM
Jan 2017

"This administration is going to work to eliminate duplicity--no more alternative facts."

Yonnie3

(17,500 posts)
5. Words have meaning
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 03:11 PM
Jan 2017

I'm sure the Federal employees will be glad to know that they have:

du·plic·i·ty
d(y)o͞oˈplisədē/
noun
noun: duplicity

1.
deceitfulness; double-dealing.
synonyms: deceitfulness, deceit, deception, double-dealing, underhandedness, dishonesty, fraud, fraudulence, sharp practice, chicanery, trickery, subterfuge, skulduggery, treachery; informalcrookedness, shadiness, dirty tricks, shenanigans, monkey business;
literaryperfidy
"he got caught up in the duplicity of his crooked partners"

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
8. yep
Mon Jan 23, 2017, 03:46 PM
Jan 2017

because duplication is so, well, pedestrian. IIRC, he used the "duplici-" root several times--no more "duplicitousness" was my fave. I'm not sure that one is even a word.

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