Mga contributions ng GMA admin sa newspeak dictionary:
dissent and criticism -> destabilization
supporting the admin / criticizing the opposition -> free speech
supporting the opposition / criticizing the admin -> inciting to sedition
calling an election official to cheat -> lapse of judgment
defacto martial law -> state of national emergency
violent dispersal of public assemblies critical to the government -> calibrated preemptive response
coup d'etat -> withdrawal of support
withdrawal of support -> coup d'etat (depende kung sino gumawa)
amendment -> revision
revision -> amendment (depende kung sino kausap)
initiative of government officials in their last term -> people's initiative
Ngayong araw lang, may bago na naman silang dagdag sa newspeak dictionary:
to change the rules to keep themselves in power -> to overhaul the country’s degenerated political system (luma na pala ito)
railroading -> bold political move (eto, bago talaga)
We learn something new everyday. :)
2 comments:
nice work on the "re-definition" of the terms.
Good job! Thanks for documenting what we have become as a people.
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