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Posted on 09/30/2004 10:28:24 PM PDT by quidnunc
Remember the preexisting landscape of postmodern thinking of the last two decades that has dominated the intelligentsia, specifically the Foucauldian notion that there is no real absolute standard of good or bad, right or wrong, but simply interpretations and views, whose ‘correctness’ is predicated on the nature of power. Those who have “privilege” — in the case of America, stereotypically most white male Republicans — capriciously adjudicate rules and standards for their victims, mostly the poor, women, gays, and people of color. Power is what determines how reality is gauged and victims marginalized — and thus power alone is what promises justice and thus should be pursued at all costs without regard for bothersome constructs like consistency or truth that have no independent verity anyway.
Thus there are a number of logical consequences in the wider political arena that follow from such relativism and they may help us fathom why we are witnessing a new sort of incomprehensible and often illogical Leftist rage. In a world where text and speech, like everything else, are constructs, we see the emergence of a new crop of Leftist leaders who, first of all, are liberated by feeling no need to reconcile their progressive rhetoric with their own privileged material circumstances. The hypocrisy is startling, but has the practical effect of encouraging the rich and advantaged, a prominence that has evolved beyond the coffeehouse or foundation boardroom. The disconnect makes Americans scratch their heads in disbelief when they try to square what comes out of the raucous mouth of a Madonna or Ted Kennedy with the actual circumstances in which such folk live.
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FYI
But the question is: will his Old Media-touted "victory" in
tonight's opening debate survive an assault of truth from
the New Media or what the MSM has tagged the "blogosphere?"
What would have worked 20 years ago: will it work today?
Let us see what the next four days brings in polling results, and where it goes after that.
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