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Dorn

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17. Newspeak or Floridaspeak?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Jan 20, 2022, 01:19 PM

Jan 2022

“‘Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.’”

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Florida bill to shield people from feeling 'discomfort' over historic actions [View all] brooklynite Jan 2022 OP

This from the "fuck your feelings " crowd.... what a bunch of snowflakes Fullduplexxx Jan 2022 #1

Exactly! moose65 Jan 2022 #16

HAhahaha! intheflow Jan 2022 #19

This could backfire USAFRetired_Liberal Jan 2022 #2

This. n/t ms liberty Jan 2022 #5

Or the discomfort kids (and parents) experience whenever another school mass shooting occurs. sop Jan 2022 #7

That was my first thought as well. Lonestarblue Jan 2022 #12

This WILL inthewind21 Jan 2022 #21

The "you can't erase history" folks IronLionZion Jan 2022 #3

Yep USAFRetired_Liberal Jan 2022 #4

Slouching towards fascism: sop Jan 2022 #6

Yes,... Wuddles440 Jan 2022 #11

I feel discomfort that our nation does not want to teach history The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #8

Hear, hear Evolve Dammit Jan 2022 #9

Such utter BS. Whitewashing history so racists can be comfortable perpetuating racism. Evolve Dammit Jan 2022 #10

Title should say "White peope", not "people". nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2022 #13

Florida makes me feel uncomfortable. twodogsbarking Jan 2022 #14

Putting it in a law is ridiculous treestar Jan 2022 #15

Newspeak or Floridaspeak? Dorn Jan 2022 #17

Incredible. The bill should have gotten people therapy instead. nt chowder66 Jan 2022 #18

Not the Onion folks. SunSeeker Jan 2022 #20

According to DNA, I'm about 25% German, so they couldn't teach me about WWII? tclambert Jan 2022 #22

Since one of my ancestors was burned at the stake I can't possibly JCMach1 Jan 2022 #23