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It’s fundamentally postmodern: impact matters, not intent. Meaning: if someone’s triggered and distressed by anything and you trigger them, you’re in the wrong
by gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
It’s fundamentally postmodern: impact matters, not intent.
Meaning: if someone’s triggered and distressed by anything and you trigger them, you’re in the wrong, not them.
- dolguldur 6y agoI never thought about it like this but this covers surprisingly much of what's currently happening.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y agoIf you're interested in understanding how postmodernism has been subverting meaning, motivating chaos, and how it's married to activism watch this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xILBpDOqD-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xILBpDOqD-A It does a good job summarizing key ideas from Derrida, et. al. At the end of the day, people are frantically grasping for power by spreading doubt into all modes of communication, institutions, cultural ideas, etc.
- johnisgood 6y agoSome people need some stoicism in their life for sure.
- tasuki 6y agoI am distressed by people thinking that's a reasonable point of view.