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→Examples of Liberal Doublethink
'''Doublethink''' in [[George Orwell]]'s anti-utopian 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 it implies two contradictory statements. 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 Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government archives.
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 Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government archives.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==
*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.
*Leftists have traditionally supported withdrawing troops from distant countries such as [[Germany]], but left-wing [[CNN]] opposed withdrawing troops once [[Republican Party|Republican]] President [[Donald Trump]] announced he would do so.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/europe/europe-us-troop-movement-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html CNN Analysis: Trump's planned troop pullout from Germany has many military holes]</ref>
==See also==
*[[Cognitive dissonance]]
*[[Double standard]]
*[[Hypocrisy]]
*[[Intellectual dishonesty]]
*[[Stolen concept]]
==References==
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:In 1984, "Newspeak" is the new totalitarian language which replaces "Old English." The aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought so that an individual could not even think critical or subversive thoughts. Potentially critical terms like "freedom" are formally defined into their conceptual opposites ("freedom is slavery"), or are simply eliminated from the dictionary and everyday language. In this manner, critical language would wither away as the number of words which allow differentiation and critique was increasingly reduced. [http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations/kell13a.htm]
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