Democrats ‘ Sen. Dick Durbin claimed in a Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that he has never once heard the phrase “wrongthink,” a term that is becoming increasingly popular among liberals who oppose the government’s repression of free conversation. In 80 decades, he has not once heard the phrase, which is common to George Orwell’s users.
Benjamin Weingarten‘s post, which was published earlier this year in The Federalist, made clear references to Durbin’s feedback. On Tuesday, Weingarten, a top contributor to Federalist, testified before the council about government censorship.
Anyone who wants to refer to the January 6 incident as” the mob used to start the war on wrongthink.” What in the world is “wrongthink”? .. said Durbin ” I can’t keep up with all these terms that are coming at us as brand-new term.”
Weingarten noted earlier this year in The Federalist that the protests at the U.S. Capitol “were used to start the war on wrongthink” when discussing President Donald Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 activists. Durbin immediately quoted Weingarten at the receiving and claimed he had no idea what the meaning of “wrongthink” was.
Allow me inquire what the term “wrongthink” means. Did you fabricate that statement? Weingarten was asked by Durbin.  ,
Weingarten responded,” If I did make it up, I’d be happy to get funds for it, and my description of it would be statement that disobeyed the dogma of our social establishment and social rulers.”
The Oxford English Dictionary says that “wrongthink“ href=”https://www.oed.com/dictionary/wrongthink_n” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>was first used in the 1950s because Durbin was born in 1944. In his highly acclaimed novel 1984 ( which was published in 1949 ), George Orwell coined the term” thoughtcrime” to describe ideas and thoughts that were contrary to speech that the novel’s socialist author had approved. The definition of “wrongthink“ today has a similar connotation.
The use of the word “wrongthink” in writing increased in the 1980s and has increased since 2013 according to Google, which is why it is still popular today. The phrase was even used in a 1988 article that made the release of Orwell’s 1984 in Russia. In recent years, the phrase has also been used by politicians and on the Senate floor numerous days.
Durbin also cited Weingarten’s content in The Federalist as a way to identify the phrase “whole-of-society war on wrongthink.”
” Wood-of-society” refers to the state working hand-in-hand with civil society to obtain some sort of outcome, according to Weingarten. “[It’s ] potentially chilling when you have federal and civil society working hand in hand because that fading of the range between civil society and the state can lead to potentially harsh methods and benefits.”
Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist’s Editor-in-Chief, testified before the council, outlining the way the censorship-industrial advanced has been snaring conservatives and free speech.
Hemingway said in her opening speech, “[T]he right to free speech has been under worse harm in the last decade than at any other place in our nation’s history. ” Free speech and debate have grown to be a sizable market, the majority of which is funded by the government, and all of it threatens a free world.”
Logan Washburn is a staff writer who writes about vote ethics. He is a The College Fix flower 2025 brother. He received his degree from Hillsdale College, worked as Christopher Rufo’s journal associate, and has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan grew up in rural Michigan and is from Central Oregon.
