Word Spy by Paul McFedries
Author:Paul McFedries
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780767918077
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2008-10-16T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 12
The Political Correctness Wars
We cannot write off that imagery is not important. It's why in some countries poets are thrown into prison. Words have so much power. âAudrey Thompson
We want to create a sort of linguistic Lourdes, where evil and misfortune are dispelled by a dip in the waters of euphemism. âRobert Hughes
Throughout history, attempts to micromanage casual conversation have only incited distrust. They have invited people to look for an insult in every word, gesture, action. And in their own Orwellian way, crusades that demand correct behavior crush diversity in the name of diversity. âGeorge Herbert Walker Bush
The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible. It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thoughtâthat is, a thought diverging from the principles of IngSocâshould be literally unthinkable, at least so far as thought is dependent on words. âGeorge Orwell
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