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posted on 6/11/2020 11:14The "carnival lord of misrule" - Gramsci.
"... the most accomplished liar in public life – perhaps the best liar ever to serve.."
- “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell -
“He has mastered the use of error, omission, exaggeration, diminution, equivocation and flat denial. He has perfected casuistry, circumlocution, false equivalence and false analogy. He is equally adept at the ironic jest, the fib and the grand lie; the weasel word and the half-truth; the hyperbolic lie, the obvious lie, and the bull**** lie – which may inadvertently be true.”
- Rory Stewart, worth a read
- Rory Stewart, worth a read
- “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell -
- The "carnival lord of misrule" - Gramsci. 6/11 11:14 (read 3243 times, 3 posts in thread)
- Bit harsh about Donald that ... nt - EmCee 6/11 11:18 (read 2957 times)
- Arf, though you were talking about ROR - eaststandman 6/11 11:31 (read 2840 times)
- Bit harsh about Donald that ... nt - EmCee 6/11 11:18 (read 2957 times)