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'''Doublethink''' in [[George Orwell]]'s [[dystopia]]n novel ''[[1984]]'' is the practice of keeping two contradictory thoughts in one's own mind.

'''Doublethink''' in [[George Orwell]]'s [[dystopia]]n novel ''[[1984]]'' is the practice of keeping two contradictory thoughts in one's own mind.

In [[formal logic]], it is considered disproof of a [[premise]] if that premise implies two contradictory [[statement]]s (see [[Reductio Ad Absurdum]]). So in Orwell's nightmare political vision, citizens participate actively in their own [[indoctrination]], willingly accepting false government [[propaganda]]. Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government archives. For instance, doublethink is thinking that Barack Obama is a Limousine Liberal and a Socialist, and that Mexicans are both taking jobs and lazy welfare kings/queens.  

In [[formal logic]], it is considered disproof of a [[premise]] if that premise implies two contradictory [[statement]]s (see [[Reductio Ad Absurdum]]). So in Orwell's nightmare political vision, citizens participate actively in their own [[indoctrination]], willingly accepting false government [[propaganda]]. Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government archives.

==Examples of Liberal Doublethink Today==

==Examples of Liberal Doublethink Today==

*Calls to surrender our liberties to the [[nanny state]] so that it can defend our freedoms.

*Calls to surrender our liberties to the [[nanny state]] so that it can defend our freedoms.