No, I don't. Have addressed ppl critiquing what I said, not ppl critiquing things I didn't or telling me what I shld be talking abt insteadhttps://twitter.com/marcos_gun/status/846697096296194050 …
You said I didnt address American conservatives enough in essay abt French pomos coz only one para on them being another factor.
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I suggested you write that essay. I'll probably agree. I often retweet James Lindsay's pieces when he looks at this.
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Yeah, I don't think we're far apart here. But I don't buy your jump from pomo to its overall cultural influence.
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OK. I recommend David Detmer's book on this. He looks at increased receptivity to 'personal truths' & relativity.
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From this perspective. And he does it in America which is where you seem to be most focused? V different in UK.
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We have same shift to relativity but our conservatives are more like your democrats.
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Only in their policies. They have different philosophical motivations.
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Undoubtedly. Religion is a big factor. Neither left nor right is particularly religious here. Relevant to 'truth' claims.
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No, that's not what I said. I pointed out that it militates against your thesis pomo is the cause of receptivity to relativism.
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Which I say myself in the piece. Its not the only cause. Conservatives have a long history of this themselves.
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Blaming the postmodern left for it all is itself motivated reasoning & confirmation bias which we are prone to.
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No argument here. But then you went on to discuss beyond the left & say academic pomo was cause of receptivity outside the left.
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Yes, I think it has contributed to a post-truth culture for the reasons I've given.
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