Politics and English Politics and Thesis

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Just as foolish thinking produces sloppy language, orthodoxy in thinking produces dull and unoriginal language.

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Political leader defend the indefensible by making vague and cliche connections between the indefensible event/practice/policy and some far vaguer principle or goal. Though the situation has become almost cliche itself, the invasion and occupation of Iraq as a mean of bringing freedom to the region is a solid modern example.

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Insincerity by definition creates a gap between true meaning and language, which necessarily leads to muddied thoughts.

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Language can corrupt thought by creating laziness; the ready supply of cliche and vague phrases is an insidious and corruptive temptation.

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Archaism and the salvaging of obsolete words and/or the standardizing of English are contrary to Orwell's intentions, as is an oversimplification of the language. Orwell is also not concerned with grammar, syntax, or style so long as meaning is clear.

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Orwell's six rules: i. Never use a phrase/image you are used to seeing n print; ii. never use a long word when there is a shorter substitute; iii. cut out any unnecessary words; iv.

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use the active voice whenever possible; v. everyday English words are preferable to foreign or scientific words; vi. break these rules if keeping them means being barbarous.

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Orwell claims that all political language "is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." The danger is that this stops people from thinking about real and pressing situations in real and pressing terms, which is in fact de-pressing (if you will forgive me). Without the ability to think clearly about real issues, people will not act on them and instead retreat to "political quietism." This assessment is certainly still valid; recent comments on the healthcare debate from all parties deliberately avoid saying the truth: no matter what plan eventually gets passed, everyone is to end up feeling screwed. This word might sound cliche, but is simple, plain….....

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