The other day Tony Bennet was on the radio with Howard Stern and put his foot in it when he implied that the jihadists flew the planes into the towers but it was really our (The U.S.) fault. Now, I like Tony but it seems he hangs with the San Francisco crowd too much. Not knowing Tony’s political viewpoint I give him a break here because I think he got in over his head.
Hollywood and it’s celebrity citizens seem to have adopted too much of what is called, in the academic world, a post modernist philosophy. It’s certainly geared to their mentality. Now, to tell the truth I know squat about philosophy, and even less about post modernism, but it was used in an article I read the other day and I looked it up in google. To sum it up, it means just about nothing outside of academia, but since a great many of the ivory tower elite are a progressive bunch I offer the following to explain why progressives think the way they do and how they slowly ingrain the populace with their drivel via the educational system, top to bottom..
Post modernism, particularly as an academic movement, can be understood as a reaction to modernism in the Humanities. Whereas modernism was primarily concerned with principles such as identity, unity, authority, and certainty, post modernism is often associated with difference, plurality, textuality, diversity, and skepticism. While the term "Postmodern" and its derivatives are freely used, with some uses apparently contradicting others, those outside the academic culture have described it as merely a buzzword, but the thought patterns of plurality, diversity, textuality,and skepticism are prevalent in far left political pronouncements and seep their way into the culture. Not good for culture and I mean anybody’s .
And so, since I like Tony so much, I feel sad that he got sprinkled with inane progressive Pixie dust and all can be forgiven, especially since he apologized with a well written PR piece. Here’s hoping he has seen the light and it’s not fluorescent .
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