I have argued that it is essential to understanding so much of what seems bewilderingly nuts on the postmodern left to understand the degree to which language (discourses) are understood to construct reality. We cannot get anywhere if we miss this vital part of the puzzle.
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"Inner disharmony now prevails, and subjective disharmony by such cause is averred to be personal injustice."
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"The offended party claims a right to have this harmony restored, & the basis for its restoration is to be sought in some external correction of the corresponding disharmony between the individual’s interior experience and the exterior conditions that disrupted that experience."
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In other words: The offended person feels they have been harmed by certain words and they have a right not be. This 'inner disharmony' - hurt feelings - is a form of injustice & preventing this from happening is making society just - social justice.
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