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Has anyone ever noticed Scientology tends to use a type of Newspeak? A lot of acronyms and initialisms and other obscure, the article states the appendix of 19
by dhughes 13y ago
Has anyone ever noticed Scientology tends to use a type of Newspeak?
A lot of acronyms and initialisms and other obscure, the article states the appendix of 1984 “The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought.” It will render dissent “literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.”
I wonder if old L Ron was a fan of 1984?
- goostavos 13y agoDo you have any examples of newspeak in their literature? I had a cousin "fall prey" to the organization. I don't know what went on internally, but he was forced into, what I colloquially call a re-education camp (I'm not sure what they called it), for two weeks. They took his phone away and had him break all contact with the outside world, even with his girlfriend at the time. 2 Weeks later, he pops up and says he's moving to California to be a part of the church. It was pretty creepy to be honest. Point being, I find the mechanics of the church to be interesting.