Letters to the Editor
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Grateful to Glenn for His Unalterably Sinful Ways
Glenn is deeply committed to one of the greatest sins of all in the U.S. political power system: that of memory. Not that memory which is selective and servile, but the memory which causes us to question.
There are many other sins, but Orwell was neither the first nor the last to notice how inconvenient and previously obvious facts must first disappear down the memory hole before some new goal may be achieved.
Speaking of the likely consequences of our policies and rhetoric is disallowed, because those who come to conclusions disfavored by the hawkish powers that be is derided as liberals giving into paranoia and delusion.
Recalling the factual legacy of a policy and rhetoric is also disallowed, because that was then, and this is now, and what counts is that we recall only what is necessary to push forward with the desired hawkish policy now.