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Doublethink

2013-04-06T20:15:54Z

Lucyviolin: Capitalisation, punctuation

'''Doublethink''' in [[George Orwell]]'s [[dystopia|dystopian]] 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 Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government archives.
==Examples of Liberal Doublethink Today==
*Calls to surrender our liberties to the [[nanny state]] so that it can defend our freedoms.
*Moving effortlessly back and forth between praising the wisdom of the people and saying that America is a republic, not a democracy, in accordance with whether the majority agrees with any given liberal principle or not.
==See Also==
*[[Cognitive dissonance]]
*[[Double standard]]
*[[Hypocrisy]]
*[[Intellectual dishonesty]]
*[[Stolen concept]]
==References==
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[[Category:Logic]]
[[category:Political Terms]]

User:Lucyviolin

2013-04-06T20:07:05Z

Lucyviolin:

This is my page :)<br />
If it is spammed, I will be angry. So don't put nasty stuff on it, k? :)<br />
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Incidentally, I took the [http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2013/03/attention-atheists-and-evolutionists.html mental fitness test] (advertised on the main page) for atheists and evolutionists, passing the first test with ease (I'd like to challenge a Christian to take the same test, and be truthful about the results - and also to prove that your god can take intelligence tests). I'm 'agnostic about evolutionism', so I don't think I need to do the second test, because I'm not strictly an evolutionist. I'd also appreciate some sexual equality on that page, as being referred to constantly as 'Mr. Atheist' tends to jar a little.

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2013-04-06T19:36:50Z

Lucyviolin: Created page with "This is my page :)<br /> If it is spammed, I will be angry. So don't put nasty stuff on it, k? :)<br /> I'm using far more smileys than I usually do. ---- ..."