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Re:The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism by qntty on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:10PM (#15552550)
you would be shocked at the recent gap between 'general' liberal beliefs (legalize pot, gay marriage, increased welfare) and 'post-modern' liberal beliefs

I have, and I'm not, because this is basically a boogey-man. "Post-modern beliefs" are mostly pretty straight forward criticism that shouldn't be controversial to a thoughtful person.

Edit: To be clear, I don't mean that their validity shouldn't be controversial, but that they are a normal part of the debating that is happening all the time in Universities and isn't some sort of intellectual disease. I might not be a libertarian, but I'm not appalled that anyone could believe in libertarianism.

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Re:The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism by angersock on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @03:00PM (#15553087)
> "Post-modern beliefs" are mostly pretty straight forward criticism that shouldn't be controversial to a thoughtful person.

Things like "race and gender are mere cultural constructs", as examples?

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Re:The Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism by qntty on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @03:29PM (#15553320)
It's hard to deny that there is at least some part of our concepts of race and gender that aren't based in biology, but in social patterns. Are they entirely socially constructed? I don't think so.
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