Hehe.

But more seriously: it is actually the truth.

Kind of in in the same way that people are thankful for Churchill: not because he was a fantastic man in every way (he wasn't) but because he saved us from something even worse.

> But more seriously: it is actually the truth.

If you have to convince people that you are seriously telling the truth, you are probably making an unproven assertion that relies on many benefits of the doubt.

Big Brother keeps Oceania safe from Eurasia and Eastasia. And especially from Emmanuel Goldstein.