Has the current Presidential campaign dialog reached this point yet?
“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.”
George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language”
Ummm,
Apparently you haven’t been paying attention. It has developed flourishes and presentations unprecedented. It has risen to an art form beyond our comprehension, from which we are able to appreciate only pastiches of vignettes.
And if we had a ballon big enough to capture it, our truckers would be out of business for a year, all freight for free.
Orwell on the English Language, Part 1 of 5
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