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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Seth Leibsohn: Make Orwell Fiction Again
Description: Before he wrote 1984, George Orwell wrote an essay about the corruption of language for political purposes. The abuse of language he said, is “to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.” I introduce you to the Joe Biden presidency. Last week, Joe Biden used the word “illegal” to describe the alleged killer of Laken Riley—and then retracted it, saying he should have called him undocumented. We actually know the alleged murderer was here illegally. Then, Joe Biden issued what he called a “red line” to our ally Israel in its war to defeat Hamas: threats to an ally, kinder a...