Communist era 'newspeak' appeals the most to PiS supporters (what a surprise)

Elements of public language resembling the propaganda used during the communist era are most attractive to voters of the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland..

Their findings, Baran said, supported Glowinski's assertion that PiS and Samobrona supporters were better disposed to 'news speak' than other voters.

PiS is often accused of a rather divisive style of political discourse, evoking a certain kind of 'Poland' and a certain version of the nation's history, one that tends to be dominated by dichotomies between 'us' and 'them,' in various aspects of public life.

Also interesting that Polonia so strongly supports PiS, presumably they also swallow 'newspeak' unquestioningly.

Of course you all realize that Mr. Michnik and his Gazeta Wyborcza are not impartial observers in this study, do you?

Mr. Michnik is staunchly anti-PiS and therefore his studies on the subject are to be taken with a lot of salt.

What's trully Orwellian is the government controlled media spreading such nonsense.

Ironic, considering the far right are often the ones so eager to call any left-wing party or person a communist.

It's what I (and others) have been saying all along - that PiS supporters, brainwashed by years of Communism, are seduced by such languag

my husband is a PiS supporter. educated in Canada, lives in Poland and a staunch anti communist. I don't really follow politics but I don't understand why hunting down corruption is such a bad thing.

Your crusade against anyone who disagrees with your neo-liberal agenda is extraordinary and slightly comedic.

I mean 'anything-goes' liberalism has been such a success in Britain, right?

Defending PiS again? ;)

What's even more amusing is watching all the PiS supporters go on the attack instead of talking about the topic. Par for the course, and nothing surprising.

Who did you vote for in last year's general election?

Oops that's right your a opinionated Brit who can't even debate with any politician in the language of our country :)

Communist era 'newspeak' appeals the most to PiS supporters

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Communist era 'newspeak' appeals the most to PiS supporters

he simple answer is that they weren't hunting down corruption, but rather hunting down political opponents. The way that Kaczynski boasted about spying on his coalition partners - well...what can you say?

all it takes is the mention of "Gazeta Wyborcza" and you're drooling at the mouth.

Which it is actually hoax! Which you have taken at face value ! Whereas it is yet another BULL in a long series of propaganda articles.

Would you like to present any evidence to support your claim that he was hunting down his political opponents?

As for "spying" by Kaczynski on his coalition partners - would you like to point out the way he was doing that spying ? Was he hiding under their table or in their wardrobe? Maybe he was using a glass pressed against a wall to listen to their conversations ?

Everybody knows that rag and what it stands for. If anyone is dividing people and is totalitarian at heart that them - self-admiring poisonous circle of haters and professional liars !A Good company for you.

you're showing everyone why PiS must be kept firmly in opposition.

I was in Poland during the last election (actually went to a polling station with my family and fed the ballot into the box). My cousin was so worried that PiS might win. He's a business owner. When PO won he was ecstatic! I'll never forget the look of sheer relief on is face. He told me that PiS would make it very hard for him to do business. I never asked him how PiS would do that.

Actually, you just prove the point. PiS supporters instantly denounce anything that doesn't agree with them as lies - which is exactly what the Communists did.

Err...you might start with his boasting about how they spied on his coalition partners

He already boasted about how he used the ABW.

Newspeak through and through.

Basically, PiS are hard left economically - they are very much socialists. It's denied, of course (socialism is a dirty word here - but it's almost certain that they would hurt small/medium businesses in order to help the huge state-owned businesses. They're also very pro worker-rights - so depending on his business, he might very well be in a bad place if PiS won. Generally speaking, they stand for all sorts of benefits for workers and little rights for employers - which is why most business owners are against them.

I never asked him how PiS would do that.

Mr. Michnik calls Gen. Jaruzelski his friend and an honorable man.

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Of course you all realize that Mr. Michnik and his Gazeta Wyborcza are not impartial observers in this study, do you?


Of course, we all realise how utterly brainwashed you guys are - all it takes is the mention of "Gazeta Wyborcza" and you're drooling at the mouth.

forget Jaruzelski - Michnik calls Kiszczak an honorable man

Perhapshe is an honourable man

I have always been of the belief that the poor bastard could not have done much else

Now let’s be honest and show me anything in his past deeds or background of this traitor you defend here that would support your argument