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Postmodernism is the recognition that all points of view are equally valid (or invalid). Policing "hate speech" and "protecting" society are modern concepts not
by malvosenior 7y ago
Postmodernism is the recognition that all points of view are equally valid (or invalid). Policing "hate speech" and "protecting" society are modern concepts not postmodern ones.
I think if you read classic postmodern literature (think Gravity's Rainbow) you'll find a lot of speech that would be considered politically incorrect, possibly even hate speech. That was purposefully designed by the authors to help devalue and level the meaning of all speech as that's a core postmodern principal.
Reality Is What You Can Get Away With is another postmodern classic that explores some of these themes:
https://www.amazon.com/Reality-What-You-Can-Away/dp/1561840807 https://www.amazon.com/Reality-What-You-Can-Away/dp/15618408...
- wayoutthere 7y agoI totally agree — the existence of “hate speech” isn’t a postmodern point of view, but rather a modernist reaction to postmodernism. But a great many authoritarian modernists use postmodern arguments in bad faith as a way to delegitimize their critics.