As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters’ attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges and successful convictions of January 6 rioters was removed from the Department of Justice’s website.
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Ministry of Truth.
WP Context: In 1984:
The Ministry of Truth (Newspeak: Minitrue) is the ministry of propaganda. As with the other ministries in the novel, the name Ministry of Truthis a deliberate misnomer because in reality, it serves the opposite: It is responsible for any necessary falsification of historical events. However, like the other ministries, the name is also apt because it decides what “truth” is in Oceania.
My first thought too
We’ve always been at war with Eastasia.
Someone like you will eventually become an un-person.
Eastasia? Our noble allies in the struggle against Eurasia?
We’ve always been at war with Eurasia.