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| Jared Lee Loughner 's murder spree was the fault of Michel Foucault | ||
| 2011-01-17 | ||
| by Lord Garth The year was 2007 and Jared Lee Loughner got a chance to ask his Congresswoman a question. The question was (per an article in Mother Jones), 'What is government if words have no meaning?' Apparently Congresswoman Gifford did not have a good answer for Jared. From that time on, Jared held a grudge against the Congresswoman. Of course, if words have no meaning, there can be no good answer for that question or any other question (obviously Jared didn't get that). But who could have gotten the 'words have no meaning' trope into Jared's head. It should be obvious. Michel Foucault, a French philosopher who died in the 1980s famously opined, in his work "Les Mots et les choses" (Foucault wanted to call it "L'Ordre des Choses" but there was a copyright problem) that words have only the meaning that the ruling class allow because they (the ruling class) control the narrative, the grammar (Jared believed the govt controlled the population via grammar), etc. For some reason, the Universities and Colleges of the U.S. (probably elsewhere) are filled with professors who believe the 'words are controlled by the ruling class through narrative' thesis (or one of the numerous corollaries or the thesis). These professors have influenced thousands (probably tens or hundreds of thousands, maybe millions) of students in this country. It seems Jared was one of them. Thus if anyone beside Jared can be blamed for this atrocity, it should be Michel Foucault.
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| Posted by:Lord Garth |
| #10 Jabberwocky |
| Posted by: Skunky Glin**** 2011-01-17 22:41 |
| #9 secret Master good point but that was written in about 1960 when a lot of people were beginning to realize that Heidegger was a Nazi symp who had never really apologized for his collaboration. Its easy to get US grad students to write papers on Commie collaborators, on Nazi collaborators - not so much. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2011-01-17 21:52 |
| #8 I blame Martin Heidegger. He DID write On the Way To Language,after all. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2011-01-17 20:03 |
| #7 yes, YES! I denounce by proxy...Umberto Eco! |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-01-17 19:02 |
| #6 History just might consist of a multitude of discourses - not one univocal "true" narrative. ________________ cf. Hank Williams Jr. ballad: "If the South woulda won the war we'd of had it made!" |
| Posted by: borgboy 2011-01-17 17:37 |
| #5 The ruling and/or academic classes have given us P.C. Is this not "word meaning" control? |
| Posted by: borgboy 2011-01-17 17:29 |
| #4 Q: 'What is government if words have no meaning?' A: 'Fill jimble, fill jumble, fill rumble-come-tumble.' |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-01-17 14:53 |
| #3 The liberal elite must believe this. Just look at the Politically Correct changes of meaning (either redefined or prohibited) that they have been pushing on us. |
| Posted by: tipover 2011-01-17 12:20 |
| #2 "If words have no meaning, how can I answer your question - if indeed it is a question?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-17 11:51 |
| #1 Well, as far as direct proximate cause goes, the only one at fault is Loughner (mentally ill or not). But Foucault was a commie douche who doesn't get blamed for nearly enough, so I'm down with it. Nice work LG! |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2011-01-17 11:31 |