What is paradoxical about the mottos in the novel 1984? WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

Distorted truths, outright lies, the degradation of
language and the widespread use of propaganda ("newspeak") are important ways that the
Party tricks people into beliefs that are not true and ultimately controls their minds.
These mottos are evidence of that because each word in the word pairs is an antithesis
of the other. "War" is the opposite of "peace"; "freedom" is the opposite of "slavery"
and "ignorance" is the "opposite" of "strength". By saying "war is peace", the mottos
are contradicting themselves and they make no sense, unless you are a twisted member of
Oceania's Party. If "peace" is something to be desired and "war" and "peace" are the
same (war is peace), then it would be just as desirable to have peace as it would be to
have war. This makes no sense. Same with the other mottos. No one wants to be a slave,
but if the Party can convince you that slavery is the same as freedom then, hey, no big
deal. If ignorance means one is strong, then everyone would seek after ignorance. See
how absurd this is? That's the point of the irony.