tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588082931141893625.post4759243664962438195..comments2013-08-28T18:35:53.190-07:00Comments on Retired Mustang: Some questionsRetired Mustanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02699864696101977529noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588082931141893625.post-51146851309954224952013-07-02T07:15:03.100-07:002013-07-02T07:15:03.100-07:00Alisnky was certainly no friend of individual free...Alisnky was certainly no friend of individual freedom. My question, though, is this: At whose feet shall we lay the blame when someone on the Right utilizes many of the same tactics?Retired Mustanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699864696101977529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588082931141893625.post-11398854644192520502013-07-02T07:13:11.734-07:002013-07-02T07:13:11.734-07:00Like any other philosophy, it took a while for pos...Like any other philosophy, it took a while for postmodernism to become as extreme as it is today. Earlier postmodern writers, like Pirsig, didn't deny objective reality. That has been, I believe, a more recent development and one that deserves its own Phaedrus.Retired Mustanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699864696101977529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588082931141893625.post-65597813789535187892013-06-26T20:42:39.233-07:002013-06-26T20:42:39.233-07:00You have it right when you link this to postmodern...You have it right when you link this to postmodernism. With that movement came doubt that one human mind can learn anything that another human mind has to acknowledge. That movement taught us that we have to seek the inherent contradictions in everything, instead of finding truth. The one thing that cannot be doubted in the postmodernist mind is postmodernism itself. That's why, no matter how much a mess of things they make, they never stop believing in the righteousness of their cause.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588082931141893625.post-23551900186267978252013-06-23T17:37:38.717-07:002013-06-23T17:37:38.717-07:00Right around the publication of Saul Alinsky's...Right around the publication of Saul Alinsky's little book.smitty1ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559464300318848169noreply@blogger.com