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posted ago by marishiten ago by marishiten +16 / -0

Just a quick thing I've kind of thought about regarding the CNN leaked tapes. To the untrained ear, the tapes can sound very mundane and almost like a nothing burger to those who haven't spent eons as a corporate peon, but they're not.

You have to remember, these people don't say what they actually mean. They thrive off doublespeak and 'between the lines' talking. This is EXTREMELY common in the corporate world. They dance around what they mean and they're never direct with anything. They call being fired 'elimination of the position'. Now, if you're a normal dude, you think 'oh, they're just closing the department off. Okay, I understand'. No. That means they're firing YOUR faggot ass. They just frame it in such an innocuous way that it actually confuses you. This is designed to not only disarm you from your anger, but to get you to go along with it because it's not harsh.

These tapes are literally a master class in doublespeak. Every now and then their mask slips or someone just kind of cuts the shit and is blunt. But it's not the norm and these guys are really good at this lingo. You have to translate what they're saying because it's almost like they're all speaking another language and without knowing what they're doing, it'd be easy to miss.

The best example of this is the newest leak of the 9-15-2020 call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_7zW2DU_wk

I'm not an expert in psychology or anything, but I know their weasel words. For about 10 years, I worked for a green energy company in the heart of Palo Alto. EVERYONE talked like this and if you weren't careful, you'd wind up on the receiving end of punishment.

It's also noteworthy that these people on these calls actually BELIEVE what they're saying. This is more than a job to them. This is activism. They drank the kool aid they mixed. They buy into this narrative hook line and sinker. It's easy to come to the conclusion that they're just pushing this shit because they're plying an angle. To them, there is no angle. That's what makes CNN so good at propaganda. They believe their own hype as truth. So dipshits like Don Lemon and that Cuomo faggot aren't grifting. They actually believe what they're saying. And that's the most dangerous part of all.

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crusadetiem 2 points ago +2 / -0

they actually believe what they’re saying.

And that’s why, in addition to memes, we might also need some rope!

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MrsMason 1 point ago +1 / -0

The corporate language is nearly like being bilingual. You have to understand it, then learn to speak it because being to the point works against you.

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sun_wolf 1 point ago +1 / -0

They know the virus is bullshit because they don’t follow any of their own guidelines.