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To: neverdem
Global warming is the new Lysenkoism.
Theodore Dalrymple from a recent interview
(quoted by Former Dodger)
"Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to."

21 posted on 04/06/2007 7:52:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Monday, April 2, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for the quote.


22 posted on 04/06/2007 8:05:54 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: SunkenCiv; Former Dodger

That is truly profound. Thanks to you and Former Dodger!


28 posted on 04/07/2007 4:38:35 AM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Pray for our President and for our heroes in Iraq and Afghanistan, and around the world!)
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