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STEVE LEVY / GUEST COLUMNIST
Leſt Changes Way We Speak T
eorge orwell understood better than anyone how Marxists manipulate words to change history and compel behavior. In his iconic dystopian novel 1984, Orwell’s
main character, Winston, is an employee of the totalitarian state. His job was to rewrite history and change the mean- ing of words. “Who controls the past,” said the party, “controls the
future: Who controls the present controls the past.” The state would repeatedly pound into the minds of its
subjects inaccurate words, phrases, and calculations and repeat the linguistic nonsense so many times, with such conviction and with such harsh penalties to those who rebel, that after a while, the subjects actually started to believe in the falsehoods. They were told, over and over, that “War is peace, free-
dom is slavery, and ignorance is strength” and that two plus two equals fi ve. The subjects at fi rst knew this was gibberish. But with fear of the thought police watching over your
shoulder and hearing every word you utter, you dared not say anything except the false conclusions presented by the state.
Claiming two plus two equals four would get you impris-
oned and tortured. You would be forced to attend indoctrination camps compelling you to mimic the inaccurate phrases or face shock therapy. The novel concludes with Winston fi nally admitting to
himself that two plus two indeed equals fi ve. The Communist Chinese under Mao Tse-tung under-
stood the power of words as well. Their entire Cultural Revolution, which murdered mil-
lions, was premised on sending dissenters into concentra- tion camps, whereupon they would be brainwashed into repeating these falsehoods or face retribution. The Marxists and their sympathizers in today’s Amer-
ica are not as draconian in their manipulation of words. Rather, they gradually introduce these word-game changes and use their allies in the media to establish them as being mainstream. Only the new words and phrases can be uttered. Reiter-
ating certain unacceptable phrases of the past will get you shunned in society, fi red from your job, or, in some cases, branded as a domestic terrorist. Why are they doing this? In 1984, Orwell answers that question this way: “Don’t
you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?
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“In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impos- sible, because there will be no words in which to express it.”
oday, the left is using the Biden administration — through its intelligence agencies and Departments of
State, Health, and Education — to promote a certain accept- able word speak and ideology. They work hand in hand with social media giants and a compliant liberal media to force this tyrannical suppression of speech. It is so overwhelming in our culture that it successfully
chills the speech of average Americans, who deep down don’t believe in the claptrap but fear earning the states’ wrath for speaking the truth. If you think the paragraphs above are pure hyperbole,
consider these examples of how Marxists and leftists have changed the meaning of words in America today. 1.) Keeping pornography out of school is redefi ned as
“book banning.” 2.) Illegal aliens are redefi ned as “asylum-seekers.” 3.) Opposing the genital mutilation of minors is redefi ned
as opposing healthcare for trans kids and supporting anti- LGBTQ+ legislation. 4.) Opposing the idea of having female athletes overpow-
ered by biological male competitors is redefi ned as discrimi- nating against trans athletes. 5.) Being opposed to a regulation requiring mortgage applicants with good credit scores subsidizing those with bad scores is redefi ned as being against eff orts to bolster home- ownership for the disadvantaged. 6.) Criticizing the Los Angeles Dodgers for giving an award
to a drag queen company that mocks the crucifi ed Jesus Christ, nuns, and Catholics is redefi ned as being intolerant to gays. 7.) Parents who complain about their white children being
taught they are racist and Black children being taught they are helpless victims are redefi ned as being domestic terrorists. 8.) Pedophiles are redefi ned as “people attracted to
minors.” 9.) A mother is redefi ned as a “birthing person.” 10.) A girl is redefi ned as “assigned female at birth.” If you scoff ed at ever believing you could succumb to the
state’s will by saying two plus two equals fi ve, ask yourself if you are now unwittingly repeating any of the left’s new acceptable word speak listed above. More than pretty creepy, isn’t it?
Steve Levy is president of Common Sense Strategies, a political consulting firm. He served as Suff olk County executive in New York.
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