crimethink

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I work in the same area he does, possibly with some of the same people as he does, but many of my views on human biodiversity run the risk of being deemed crimethink -- the potential consequences for which I am not eager to bring upon myself.

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  • I work in the same area he does, possibly with some of the same people as he does, but many of my views on human biodiversity run the risk of being deemed crimethink -- the potential consequences for which I am not eager to bring upon myself. —  The Audacious Epigone
  • The basic idea behind Newspeak is to remove all shades of meaning from language, leaving simple dichotomies (pleasure and pain, happiness and sadness, goodthink and crimethink) which reinforce the total dominance of the State. first comment sees the MediaMatters "article" for the hacktastic trash it is —  186 k per second
  • This may be going too far, I would say that at least we should not go out of our way to penalize people for the offense Orwell called "crimethink." —  "E pur si muove!"
  • Winston's failure to understand therefore has the fingerprints of the Party all over it, and strongly suggests that even in his act of crimethink he still belongs to them. —  The Tin Drummer
  • Most likely, the understanding of Ingsoc is crimethink when not tagged on to doublethink. —  British Blogs
 

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