{"id":63357,"date":"2024-09-10T17:54:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T21:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=63357"},"modified":"2024-09-10T17:54:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T21:54:29","slug":"a-wowser-and-terse-description-of-how-postmodernism-has-warped-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=63357","title":{"rendered":"A wowser (and terse!) description of how postmodernism has warped minds"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I had my little revelation about the possible causation of what we’ve been going through as a nation,\u00a0aside from multiple traumas<\/a>, I suggested postmodernism. Which is pretty hard to make sense of for an untutored mind like mine. (I’m being ironic with that word, “untutored.”)<\/p>\n

But I gave it a go, using the Encyclopedia Brittanica as a major research source, although even reading the comprehensible Brittanica descriptions of postmodernism would have given me a migraine, except I no longer get migraines.<\/a><\/p>\n

But today, a reader of the New York Times commented on one of the columns — I think Patrick Healey’s, in which he continued a “discussion” he has had with a small group of so-called undecided young voters. As usual, one of them said something particularly empty-headed, the sort of thing that gets a whole bunch of readers thoroughly irritated.<\/p>\n

When I dip into such columns, I don’t waste any time getting irate. Instead, I click on the “comments” button at a goodly speed, and let my fellow readers yell at Healey so I can relax. “Hah!” I think to myself. “They took care of him.”<\/p>\n

Today, though, among the comments was one that called up my own ideas about postmodernism (and why young people might have become so inane). The guy is or was\u00a0 apparently a university teacher. Here’s what he wrote:<\/p>\n

In 1992, I asked a University class, “Raise your hand, if you already believe X about an event, but I could still change your mind, using logic and relevant evidence?” One hand out of 25 went up. I said to the others, “That’s Post-Modern.” One student spoke for the class,”We know what you want us to write for a grade. That’s your business. Why would we let you change our minds?” 1992<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I had my little revelation about the possible causation of what we’ve been going through as a nation,\u00a0aside from multiple traumas, I suggested postmodernism. Which is pretty hard to make sense of for an untutored mind like mine. (I’m … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9432,9743,1175,2902,1265],"tags":[10879,1123,10904,10872,3536],"class_list":["post-63357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-journalism","category-the-facts-of-life","category-trump-stuff","category-voting-rights","tag-encyclopedia-britannica","tag-new-york-times","tag-patrick-healey","tag-postmodernism","tag-ptsd"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t