One of the most common memes on Twitter these days is Orwell being shocked that 2024 makes 1984 seem tame.
As with most memes, the strategic use of hyperbole helps drive home a legitimate point: the mainstream media and our political class are doing their best to edit how we perceive the world to make it appear radically different from reality.
YOUR REACTION: These Democrats say President Biden is mentally tough, sharp, fit, on top of his game. He’s even sharper than anyone they have ever seen. WATCH pic.twitter.com/2k7HWZKDzK
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) February 18, 2024
Don’t trust your lying eyes and ears; trust us.
Karine Jean-Pierre is BIG MAD that we distribute unfiltered, unedited, publicly available clips of Biden in public.
(We’ll do more) pic.twitter.com/ps6gDqY8yb
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 17, 2024
Well, the meme is not hyperbole. If anything, it understates…
