[IronJack]

There is no doubt in my mind that postmodernism underlies today's liberal movement. The most frightening aspect of that is the fact that postmodernism is every bit as nihilistic as existentialism, but with no positives of its own. It is the ultimate in reactionism, serving no greater function than the wholesale condemnation of anything that IS, in favor of anything else.

By the way, if you want to refute postmodernism, you can get a start by reading Jurgen Habermas, who dallied with that idiocy before he moved past it.

[Oratam]

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[sauropod]

There is no understanding of the liberal mindset.

Liberalism truly is an infantile mental disorder. 'Pod

[Blind Eye Jones]

“I haven’t made many conversions”

And you probably won’t. Postmodernism and liberalism borders on religion — faith in a world view. They eschew facts and logic in favor of subjectivity and relativity. Because there is no truth (except their own) it’s about activism or conversion on most campuses: missionary work. Compassion and social justice are the buzzword beads of their rosary. They are the self-anointed exemplars of morality from which to judge the world. Therefore, arguing with these people gets you nowhere. It only raises their zeal and makes them feel more self-righteously certain in their PC crusade. A secular priestly class if there ever was one.

[JSDude1]

Postmodernism is intellectual insanity (literally), and it is self defeating: for every statement (of fact) that a post-modern makes, I can come back and simply say that you ARE making an objective statement therefore it is untrue (in your worldview).

AKA: The statement that there is no (Objective) truth, is itself a statement of truth/falisty (objective truth-albiet a false one) and therefore self defeating in its premise!