The corruption of the English language continues apace as the Texas Board of Education makes changes to high school history books. "Slavery", is now "the Atlantic triangle trade". "Expansionism" replaces "imperialism". In "1984", Orwell wrote that "the purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world vision and mental habits proper to the devotee of Ingsoc (read Texas) but to make all other modes of thought impossible. Oldspeak bad..Newspeak doubleplusgood.
By the way, did you hear the one about the two doctors? The first doctor says his patient has suffered a stroke, slurs his words and you can't understand a thing he says. The second doctor replys; "He can always move to Texas".
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