"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
That's a line from George Orwell's "1984." The book was considered "fiction," displaying a government that had become so controlling that it didn't even hide its lies from the people. It let them exist in the open and instead told the people to force themselves to reject what they're seeing and hearing right in front of them. They wanted citizens to practice what they called "doublethink," or the "power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them."
The funny thing is, "1984" was written as a warning about extreme political ideology and totalitarianism. It shows just how dangerous a power-hungry state can be and how it has no problems manipulating you to believe its "truth" by making you believe its propaganda through fear.
I'm sure, at this point, you're seeing some parallels.
On Monday, Bonchie released an article detailing Karine Jean-Pierre's response to people, specifically conservatives, sharing the videos of Biden freezing up on various occasions. KJP, a woman who looks more tired and defeated every time I see her, has resorted to the "1984" style of propagandizing and is effectively telling everyone that what they're seeing and hearing isn't real.
"Yeah, and I think you all have called this the cheap fakes video," she said after being asked about Biden's lack of autonomy on stage. "They are 'cheap fakes' video, they are done in bad faith, and some of your news organization have been very clear, have stressed that these right-wing critics of the president have a credibility problem because of the fact-checkers, have repeatedly caught them pushing misinformation, disinformation, and so we see this, and this is something coming from your part of the world calling them cheap fakes and misinformation.
The "news" organizations KJP is referring to are the likes of the Associated Press, which have decided to roll with KJP's lie. The AP's Melissa Goldin "fact-checked" the video where Biden was grabbed by the wrist and led off-stage by former president Barack Obama:
The video is the most recent in a series of clips taken at public events, some of them edited, that are being used to suggest Biden is mentally and physically unfit for office.
Here’s a closer look at the facts.
CLAIM: Biden froze onstage during his fundraiser in Los Angeles on Saturday night and had to be led away by Obama.
THE FACTS: Biden paused amid cheers and applause as he exited the stage with his predecessor following an interview moderated by late-night host Kimmel.
Even NBC News tried to run with KJP's ridiculous lie.
Let's take a look with our own eyes and ears, utilizing unedited video.
LOL, this "fact checking" thing has really gone too far
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) June 18, 2024
Top video: Unedited
Bottom video: Camera switch https://t.co/Uu7i9WZGhj pic.twitter.com/jYT6s7P9n2
In the top video, you can clearly see Biden had lost the plot and was standing stock still like a video game character whose player had put the controller down. Obama reaches over and grabs Biden's wrist, gives it the tiniest shake, then leads him stage-left, conversing with him as if they're talking while he walks him off-stage.
The excuses are flying.
Obama was being "chummy" by walking with Biden off-stage, according to one source.
"Attendees in the front were shouting at him, and President Biden was trying to hear them!" said a Jimmy Kimmel spokesman.
So far, we're hearing that the videos are fake, but they aren't fake, there are just perfectly reasonable explanations for why Biden froze like Windows Vista and had to be led away like a confused child by Obama.
Also, ignore all those other times you saw Biden freeze. Those aren't real either, and even if they are real, this is all perfectly normal behavior.
Hold both of those thoughts in your mind at the same time. Reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
The thing is, as much as the Democrat Party would like to have a 1984-esque control over the populace, it doesn't. Even as it arrests people for speaking the truth on subjects it'd rather you not think too hard about, you can definitely see how people are still ready ang willing to call a spade a spade.
(READ: They Can't Take Your Rights, but They Can Make You Afraid to Use Them)
Moreover, even if they aren't speaking out, Biden's approval can clearly be seen sinking in the background along with the Democrat Party's chances of winning in 2024. These moments especially degrade the media's approval amongst the people, as these are clear displays of complicity, not reporting.
There's nothing left in the tank for Biden. He's a broken down car that we can all see in a ditch on the side of the road, yet the media and Biden's handlers are attempting to tell you he's a high-performance sports car.
"1984" was a warning, not a playbook, yet the Democrats are looking at it like a "how-to" manual.
I can give you a myriad of examples on how the Democrats only truly care about power at the end of the day, and this desperation play for the narrative in the style of the bad guys from "1984" is proof of this.
