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Re:The New USA Freedom Act: A Step in the Right Direction, b... by timtas on Thursday April 30, 2015 @02:28PM (#9466777)
Orwellian, to be precise.
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Re:The New USA Freedom Act: A Step in the Right Direction, b... by zo1 on Thursday April 30, 2015 @03:37PM (#9467157)
Indeed, that's precisely what first popped up in my head when I read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublespeak

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Re:The New USA Freedom Act: A Step in the Right Direction, b... by timtas on Thursday April 30, 2015 @05:17PM (#9467716)
Indeed. I was thinking specifically of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak

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