Johnathan Swift wrote about a chap named Gulliver who traveled a lot.
He visited a country where white was black and black was white.
Human looking, semi-domesticated animals were herded around.
As if the 17th century author was writing today, the ruling Houyhnhnms were seemingly intelligent, reasonable horses.
In their language all words sounded like horses neighing (naying).
A dissenter probably would have been called McCain.
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