[Valin]

In today’s academic code words, “post-“ really means “anti-.” “Post-colonialism” is the theory that every evil in the world is caused by Western powers trying to assert control over non-Western countries.

OH NO there goes my self-esteem right out the window. I FEEL oh so bad.
I've got a great idea, why don't these (so called) academic get off their fat a$$es and go over there and do something construtive.
Here endth the rant #48,970.

[dennisw]

In today’s academic code words, “post-“ really means “anti-.” “Post-colonialism” is the theory that every evil in the world is caused by Western powers trying to assert control over non-Western countries.

Since I'm not a lefty academic this cleared things up for me too. They use all kinds of deconstructionist babble on campus such as "text" "gender" and so on..........

They have a number of these standard verbal tics by which they can be recognized. Gratuitous plurals are one, as in "homosexualities," a favorite term intended to convey the great insight that not all homosexuals are alike. But not even Jerry Falwell thinks this! When I saw the home decorating section of the New York Times Sunday Magazine headlined "domesticities" a few months ago, I knew for sure that some deconstructionist young pup had finally made it to the editorial chair.......

He got a parody of deconstructionist analysis, "The Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity," published in a deconstructionist magazine, Social Text, without telling them it was a parody just to prove how stupid this all is.....

For example, one favorite deconstructionist idea is that, to put it bluntly, words have no meaning. (They call this the infinite play of the signifier.) I like to ask them whether they think this applies to tenure contracts, specifically theirs. Or to the writing on their paycheck. If you are in college or know someone who is, try asking this question, or try having it asked, to a professor who believes in this stuff. I am collecting responses to be published in a future article.