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2011-01-17 Home Front: Culture Wars

Jared Lee Loughner 's murder spree was the fault of Michel Foucault

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Posted by Lord Garth 2011-01-17 00:25|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#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|| 2011-01-17 11:31|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-01-17 11:51|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-01-17 12:20|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-01-17 14:53|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-01-17 17:29|| Front Page Top

#6 History just might consist of a multitude of discourses - not one univocal "true" narrative.
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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|| 2011-01-17 17:37|| Front Page Top

#7 yes, YES! I denounce by proxy...Umberto Eco!

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-01-17 19:02|| 2011-01-17 19:02|| Front Page Top

#8 I blame Martin Heidegger. He DID write On the Way To Language,after all.

Posted by Secret Master 2011-01-17 20:03|| 2011-01-17 20:03|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-01-17 21:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Jabberwocky

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