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    8 days ago

    questions the objectivity or stability of the various interpretive structures that are posited by structuralism and considers them to be constituted by broader systems of power.

    Calling people who disagree with you mentally ill is one of the reasons poststructuralists say you’re oppressing them.

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      7 days ago

      I am oppressing them because they deserve it for their beliefs.

      If you have a problem with that, ask yourself how much you enjoy living in the world run by alternative facts.

      (Obviously their challenge of power structures is itself based, their conclusions are simply flawed in rejecting structure itself rather than the institutions that try to define them for personal benefit)

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        7 days ago

        Are you saying the Trump administration are poststructuralists who believe everything is open to interpretation?

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          7 days ago

          No, I’m saying post structuralism creates an environment that doesn’t value objective truth enough for being a proven and malicious serial liar to sink a presidency.

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            7 days ago

            You don’t need objective truth to hate Trump. You can just subjectively believe rape is wrong. Are you saying you don’t have a subjective opinion against rape?