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Ah yes, exactly like 1984. The Ministry of Truth was infamous for putting []s around the changes it made when quoting people on its own Twitter account.
by morelisp 5y ago
Ah yes, exactly like 1984. The Ministry of Truth was infamous for putting []s around the changes it made when quoting people on its own Twitter account.
- coolso 5y ago> exactly I can't find anywhere in the parent comment or the parent's linked page where it was claimed that the ACLU's tweet of a modified false-quote-LARPing-as-the-actual-quote was "exactly" like 1984. The parent commenter appears to have used the adjective "esque", although perhaps it was run through the ACLU's false-quote converter first (in fairness to you, perhaps your comment was as well). Might I suggest you edit your original quote ACLU-style and write something such as: > Ah yes, [exactly like 1984]. Certainly, deliberate modification of words is fully acceptable as long as there are half-squares surrounding them.