the foundational assumption of postmodernism is that objective truth does not exist...
ya i know.
what does that have to do with objective truth in History.
surely you're not suggesting everything we are taught as history or current events is TRUTH, objectively proven?
the deconstructionist approach to history goes one step further and argues that everything commonly accepted as objective truth in history is in fact propaganda...
oh....i see.
i don't know that group you're talking about.
i know
much of what is recorded in history actually happened the way it is recorded.
that sounds like a conspiracy.
to claim everything recorded in history is just propaganda.
since when is common acceptance of anything proof it's genuine?
at one time people commonly accepted (with suppoosed proof) that man evolved from monkeys.
at one time it was commonly accepted as fact that Nazis made soap out of the fat of jews.
both of which are lies.
the methodology that follows from that is to 'deconstruct' historical record...rejecting the commonly accepted objective facts...and then teasing out a new 'truth' from the historical record by means that almost invariably boil down to seeing exactly what you want to see...
as in, Nazis made soap from jews' fat? made lampshades from their skin?
did they do that rachel?
or did someone have the courage to tease out the real truth from the historical record (recorded on film; taught in schools; taught as fact) and they found
what nobody wanted to see - a complete fabrication.
is this the kind of thing you mean?
or that there were exterminationist camps with gas chambers on German soil?
the thin that was proven; taught, and common accepted as historical fact?
did conspiracy theorists deconstruct history just because they don't believe anything recorded in history?
or were the commonly accepted historical records forced to be revised by holocaust experts who now acknowledge there were none.
by applying this term to what is usually called 'conspiracy theory'...i am pointing out that this is exactly the approach conspiracy theorists have taken towards history...although they are usually not willing or able to see or acknowledge the strong influence of postmodernism on their worldview...
well, i can't speak for anyone else, but speaking for myself:
RUBBISH.
i added 'accusatory' because the 'new truths' that the conspiracy theorists find in history through the methodology of deconstructionism always involve sinister motives on the part of one or more people or groups...
fallen man has no sinister motives?
does fallen amn form societies or groups or criminal gangs?
did Bernie Madoff act alone?
here are two examples showing the key role played by postmodern deconstructionism in conspiracy theory...incidentally both of these conspiracy theories were presented side by side in the 'zeitgeist' movie...
that film is a load of rubbish.
for suckers to get bogged down in the trap of CT.
...anything commonly accepted as objective truth is in fact propaganda
answered
...the commonly accepted explanation of the 9/11 attacks is propaganda
sorry rachel. i couldn't help it.
the fact you accept the Official Version of 9-11 answers most of this issue anyways.
ONLY americans as a mass believe the official narrative.
i wonder why that is?
your explanation of Silverstein's pull it (call of the FD - there was no FD working that building) is already debunked.
...instead my favorite bad guys did 9/11 to further a sinister agenda.
ya....everybody's current favorite bad guys:
[video=youtube;4PGmnz5Ow-o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4PGmnz5Ow-o#![/video]
Hijack 'suspects' alive and well
A man called Waleed Al Shehri says he left the US a year ago
Another of the men named by the FBI as a hijacker in the suicide attacks on Washington and New York has turned up alive and well.
The identities of four of the 19 suspects accused of having carried out the attacks are now in doubt.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Hijack 'suspects' alive and well < click
...anything commonly accepted as objective truth is in fact propaganda
i don't know anyone like this.
...the formerly commonly accepted acknowledgment of the bible as divinely inspired is propaganda[B
uh....i reject this applying to myself, though i know it applies to postmodernism.
seems you're trying to make links that aren't there
...instead my favorite bad guys fabricated the bible the further a sinister agenda
this is just silly and if it's supposes to tie up your argument/thesis, and make a ridiculous argument sound reasonable it proves what a feeble argument you have.
not to mention it is suspiciously like the deluded thinking of the
reject-all-known-truthers you're describing (who may exist - though are likely either on Meds or in institutions).
love you though.
zone