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To: MrB; All

But, postmodernists do not stop their judging of others.

1.a They themslves would say that waterboarding is torture and not merely just another method of interrogation.

1.b And then turn around and say that “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedomm fighter.” They would say that it is relative.

2.) So, one could reply, “One man’s torture method is another man’s mere interrogation method?” Relative?

They would say “no.”

They would say that 1b is relative, and 2 isn’t. They would hold fast to 1b, while attacking 2.)

Thus they relativize everything else, while claiming to be absolutely correct on what they believe.

That is the goal of Postmodernism - relativize conservatism, while claiming that liberalism is true and should be believed and adhered to.


10 posted on 05/02/2008 8:08:28 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist (Keep working! Welfare cases and their liberal enablers are counting on you!)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

So, where do you take the argument from there.

If someone is impervious to logic, it is perfectly acceptable for them to say that all viewpoints are relative, but that theirs is “right” and yours is “wrong”.


12 posted on 05/02/2008 8:15:27 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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