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Re:Derrida vs. the rationalists by ocschwar on Thursday February 09, 2017 @02:46PM (#13610215)
> So with facts gone and the real world gone, that leaves only one purpose for language, for saying anything at all: to get others to do what you want them to do.

And now we have a regime in the United States that has downright weaponized this posture.

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Re:Derrida vs. the rationalists by camdenlock on Thursday February 09, 2017 @02:58PM (#13610340)
Indeed. It's distressing how this tactic can be (and is) employed by all sorts of unhinged extremists, from radical postmodernists to Trump and his cronies.

Being an obscurantist is apparently a great strategy if you want to fool and exploit people. Would that it weren't so damn effective. :/

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