Postmodernism

[JBFRAME at aol.com]

The truth -- i.e., that the wealthy 1% of the world will defend their wealth 
& privileges by "whatever means necessary," and that "western democracy" has 
been a sham & a lie since its conception & that the morality of the major 
religions are relative to the cultures in which they had their respective 
beginnings -- being out there; & the illumination of it being labeled 
variously as postmodernism, communism, cynicism, anarchy, fascism or 
whatever, makes no difference.  Truth is simply truth, & it's how it's seen & 
what is done about it that causes the reaction -- whether positive, negative 
or just indifference.  I have preferred the term "existentialism," because 
that was the buzzword when I was in college.  I recall the same arguments & 
denunciations in nearly the same words.  
I'm not familiar with a lot of the thinkers who have been cited, but I think 
I get the general idea of what is being discussed.  I'm one of those 
convinced that no idealization is really new in the sense of having never 
been thought out & at least discussed.  These labels are handy & help us sort 
out the tremendous amount of information flowing in as long as they don't 
become cults or ideologies fixed in time & frozen in absurdities.  That's 
when the faces start turning red & the shouting begins.

jbf