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Liberal SC Judge's home on fire. Arson investigation ongoing. More information in comments. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Orwell's description of "doublethink" is extremely accurate. They know that the left is violent and wild, like really believe it, and they also believe that their opponents deserve death and it's a good thing when it happens.

The brain is a powerful tool. Once you teach it certain self-deceptive patterns it will happily sabotage itself if that's what you want it to do. Skillful use of language ("violence" versus "what they deserve") is key.