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Unseen replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
I overheard a comment once that “the singer” did “kinda look Japanese-ey enough to play the part so that nobody could really take offense” with the production. It happened at the interval here. I just bit my lip. I was taught by people from India to cook Indian food. I wonder (not) if its OK for for me to continu… -
Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoI overheard a comment once that “the singer” did “kinda look Japanese-ey enough to play the part so that nobody could really take offense” with the production. It happened at the interval here. I just bit my lip.
I was taught by people from India to cook Indian food. I wonder (not) if its OK for for me to continue to do so? I mean I wonder if…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoBear with me and you’ll know why I’m putting up a Katy Perry video.
After this performance, Katy was criticized for “cultural appropriation,” a very common postmodernist critique. There is another video which I won’t post wherein a young white man with dreadlocks was also accused of cultural…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoHere is another postmodern cartoon.

Ironically, about 15 years ago while visiting my brother in Ann Arbor, Michigan, we went to an art exhibition which was truly amazing. As we walked through the various rooms, we saw a number of paintings on canvases of various sizes and shapes, all of them painted white.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoYeah, if they want a culture war, let’s give ’em hell..
Maybe the best way to do that would be to expose them to some culture 🙂
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoI haven’t exactly been hanging about on that score 🙂 I am making plans with the postmodernist rabbit.

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Unseen replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Whatever happen to moderation? Can we afford the luxury of being moderates when extremists on both sides are making so much noise?Perhaps the moderate and rational people can make some noise as well.
Yeah, if they want a culture war, let’s give ’em hell.
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Whatever happen to moderation? Can we afford the luxury of being moderates when extremists on both sides are making so much noise?Perhaps the moderate and rational people can make some noise as well.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoWhatever happen to moderation?
Can we afford the luxury of being moderates when extremists on both sides are making so much noise?
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoDIAF is a postmodern term.
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoJody Lee wrote:
All extremists should DIAF. @unseen What should they do? I’m not familiar with that acronym… lolDie In A Fire…I think Unseen is just being extreme.
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Jody Lee replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoAll extremists should DIAF.
@unseenWhat should they do? I’m not familiar with that acronym… lol
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Unseen replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months ago_Robert_ wrote:
Whatever happen to moderation? Everything is so extreme. We have legions of full blown nationalist, racist, sexist, science denying, Jesus loving, homophobic right-wingnuts….. and…. anarchistic, gender political, guilt assuming and speech limiting, Islam coddling leftists.If you are moderate they all hate you. Many friends act…
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoWhatever happen to moderation? Everything is so extreme. We have legions of full blown nationalist, racist, sexist, science denying, Jesus loving, homophobic right-wingnuts….. and…. anarchistic, gender political, guilt assuming and speech limiting, Islam coddling leftists.
If you are moderate they all hate you. Many friends actually…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoThese days, I prefer to be creative, rather than follow a particular “paradigm”. I can’t keep up with what is going on now. I like watching classic movies though.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoDid you spot Drucker or Baudrillard from my “hyperreality” reference above? I once saw Frank Zappa in concert and have been to the little Dali museum in Barcelona. I enjoyed both as experiences within themselves, like most things in life. I seldom read reviews after the event. I have no great impulse to completely deconstruct any work of art bec…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoThe problem with a lot of the postmodernist narrative is the same as the problem with other aspects of the avant garde, and that was once expressed this way: “The problem with the avant garde is that there is no distinguishable difference between the avant garde and a parody of the avant garde.”
Cases in point: the music of Frank Zappa and the…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoI was once in a debate with two students of theology. When one of them introduced the term “Postmodern Hermeneutics” into the conversation I replied, “Any exegesis of the Bible brings about the modernist conception of “Exit Jesus”.
I was drinking a “Grande Latte” at the time, which was then a new thing. Not a simulacrum of a regular cup of coffee…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoThat’s why I put it in quotes.
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Davis replied to the topic Pretty much sums up the frustration of modern academics in the forum
Humanism 5 years, 11 months agoSimon…post-modern neo-marxists don’t exists. There is not such thing. I don’t know how you can be criticizing people who logically could not exist even if they wanted to. You are critiquing a fantasy. It’s not even a strawman…it’s some ghostly figures. It would be like complaining about pork eating vegans. Did you not read the actual cartoon?…[Read more]
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