‘Have you noticed that our language is changing almost daily and that new terms and words replace the ones we were used to for most of our lives. Take the term ‘illegal migrant’ for example. They used to be called immigrants or refugees, meaning that they were escaping violence, persecution, famine, disasters and wars. Nowadays they are called illegal migrants,’ Camp said.
‘Which makes them quasi criminals, since they are illegal,’ I said. ‘Not deserving of refuge or compassion or dignity. It’s a mean new world.’
‘This narrative is driving most of the right-wing movements and parties from Hungary to the US, from Austria, Germany to England. It’s called nationalism and it’s rearing its ugly head, its philosophy of exclusiveness, righteousness and hatred all over the world.’
‘And the MAGA crowd is about to wreck America and much of the world order as we’ve known it since the last world war. Enemies are suddenly friends and friends have become the enemy. Based on faulty info, Canadians are being punished for being Canadian and the real estate hustler is suddenly the smartest person in the room, surrounded by sycophants and acolytes.
‘Yes, it’s a bizarre time. Many see it already as the beginning of the end, the apocalypse, if not the end itself.’
‘Remember George Carlin? He was the master of words and his monologue on euphemisms from twenty years ago is still relevant.
We don’t call it what it is. A gangster is now president, conservatives are conspirators and biology and gender is now a binary condition ordained by the new Christian right. We are living in a mirror world where reality has become the nightmare and lies are the truth.’
‘And the self-proclaimed deal-maker becomes the biggest deal-breaker in a spectacular loss of face and dignity during Zelensky’s visit to the White House. ‘
‘I’m sure this was a set up. Good cop Vance, then bad cop Trump who completely lost his shit, lashing out at his guest like he was an apprentice on his reality TV show.’
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