1) If we understand postmodernism as a reaction against universal liberalism which had become orthodox - the status quo -
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Its proponents, mostly in SocJus form, still like to claim themselves a small & oppressed group challenging a status quo
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But this gets increasingly implausible in universities & social justice activism the more heretics we see burnt at the state.
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The historical parallel that strikes me is the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation.
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!!! I started to say that & deleted it coz I thought I'd lose people.
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If they can't handle truths that might be uncomfortable, they're not prepared to follow you or read your work.
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No, no! I meant some might not know what the counter-reformation was & so not get the point.
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...the only thing I can think to say is mean (I'm about to eat dinner; I'm cranky), so I won't say it.
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My ignorance of some basic scientific principles leads me to be charitable to the historically uninformed.
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Its really, really hard to tell people whove built an identity around being rebels that they've won—harder still when they won some time ago
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Probably not. It's more like a conspiracy theory. i.e. power is in the hands of an elite and they're manipulating us for their own ends.
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PostMods would probably reply that liberalism is the socio-political norm, and they're the edgy academic non-conformists.
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