The 2 Married Pink Elephants In The Historical Room.
...And none other than the famous English political novelist and establishment critic George Orwell (1903-1950) pointed out that:“To write in plain, vigorous language one has to think fearlessly, and if one thinks fearlessly one cannot be politically orthodox.” [80]
A non-open, disingenuous, unreal, irrational, fearful, sick, cowardly, mendacity-based populace practices the kind of “acceptable”, “politically orthodox”, “sanitized”, restraint vocabulary –which is per Orwell “the unavoidable result of self-censorship” [80] (the mobilization of one's own gate-keeper)– that defends and protects collective cultural myths, fantasies, delusions, and taboos [39,65,81-83]. Hence, a non-open, disingenuous, ethics-disabling, unreal, irrational, fearful, sick cowardly, mendacity-based society has “unassailable” myths and taboos –“politically and culturally sensitive” themes, critique-exempt idols, and ideological domains of non-discussion (“forbidden topics”) [37,39,57,65,69,81,83-85]. Areas where your mind is officially not supposed to go. Arenas you're officially not supposed to be authentically educated in.
So, the use, or framing, of language is a practical means to manage perception –a censor to control social perception [283,322]. Language as a “mediator of perception” [81]. A medium of consciousness control to convey and create culturally sanctioned “reality” [81,283,322]. A vehicle to shut out truths, and shut in delusions (false beliefs, falsehoods, mendacities, myths, illusions, fake realities). An instrument of self-deception (i.e., self-propaganda, lying to oneself) –personal and collective self-deception (i.e., cultural self-propaganda).
Conversely, as a medium of perceptual reality (“politically incorrect”, “forbidden”) genuine language can also shut in truths, and shut out delusions (falsehoods, mendacities, myths, illusions, fake realities).
Idiosyncratic language use is, ultimately, a thermometer indicating the degree of health –or unhealth (sickness, decadence, lunacy)– of a person, a society, or the world at large.
Politically unorthodox uncensored language or truth tend to be unpleasant, combative, and harsh because they are up against formidably ugly opponents: falsity, delusion, mendacity, and deception.
Yet, it's always right and the right time –NOW MORE THAN EVER– to call a spade a spade. To use raw, direct, uncensored, fearless, reality-verified language. Rather than use dampened, “politically orthodox”, “ideologically permissible”, “emotionally pleasant”, misleading, obfuscating, reality-sequestering, fake language that serves, wittingly or unwittingly, to delude everyone –particularly ourselves– and, thereby, keep the insane inhumane sociopolitical status quo thriving.
“Politically incorrect” or “culturally impolite” language opens up and reveals renewed possibilities of perception. Such as accurate keen perceptions of truths and realities that are unwelcoming to the mendacious officialdom and culture –and ourselves. Authentic language provides new possibilities for realness (reality, truth ), sanity, and health to broadly manifest or prosper...
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post - other people's safety was what motivated OpKos to make his "stay the fuck home" comments. Two years ago, when this was just beginning .
