The Irrational Mind
Postmodernists, or those trained to see the world in blank symbols of nihilism (pointless meaning), often fall back on a handful of cliches to describe the world around them, such as Nazis, Racists, -Phobes, and Fascists. History started in 1939, and people refuse to believe anything useful had occurred before then.
The reason for this lack of history and the lack of meaning is they weren’t taught to read or examine what a person says. In their erudite, but pointless college courses, they’re poorly groomed and confused college professors pontificated on nothing and charged them thousands.
As young minds, budding postmodernists were taught to look they look in the gaps between words (lacunae) for the hidden meaning behind every action or word. It’s a worldview of anxiety, fear, and constant victimhood.
If I say something, do something, or behave in a certain manner, you can never take me at face value if you are postmodernist. My words mean nothing. You can never look me in the eyes. Instead, you are looking behind me to see what the postmodern spirit is telling you I actually mean to say.
Jacque Derrida, the father of Deconstructionism, a major branch in the wormwood tree of hell that is postmodern irrational thought, taught his students to look beyond the text for meaning in these gaps. This doddering old man, with his loosely fitting suit, walking around his private residence with disdain as if nothing mattered to him at all, was the high priest of dis-truth. (Deconstruction joke there, for those who know).
These gaps between words tell what the author really meant to say but was too afraid to say. These gaps tell us the real “truth,” as far as that goes with any postmodern philosopher when you try to nail them to a wall (they will fall apart like Jello as they wiggle around to avoid truth).
Truth isn’t hard to discover—people won’t admit to it even when it’s hanging off their face like a forty-pound wart.
Derrida gave his students an ouija board for the intellectual to look past words, deeds, and thought to create meaning out of your own mind and with the help of darker spirits that animate the world we can’t see.
Paranoia, Anxiety, Fear, Despair, and Accusations are all fed by this postmodern Ouija board. Allyson Tuckness’ display last Tuesday night was nothing short of this postmodern spirit of irrationality and anti-intellectualism on display.
This postmodern spirit embraces what Jordan Peterson would label as the Malthusian spirit inside all of us, but I don’t think he goes far enough. I think it is a full-hearted embrace of Lucifer himself. Her accusations were as if she was the planchette for a Demonic spirit to call out against Christian County.
She first tried to establish her authority in Libraries because, at one time, she read books. Then she attempted to paint the actions of concerned citizens as Nazis and intimidated they were genocidal.
Then, she made herself an identity victim alongside others of “bullying” while ignoring her actions to suppress free speech and journalism and using the police in Nixa to intimidate other board members and the public.
Last, she threatened to continue to go after those who criticize the library. Her actions and words demonstrate an irrational thought process. She demonstrates that she chooses to be tied to paranoia, fear, and anxiety.
Then she accuses. Her speech should have been titled “J’Accuse.” Last Tuesday night, she embodied the spirit of Postmodernism—the irrational mind.
Sources
A Little More Flexibility, Right to Win Ozarks
The Twelve Stones Podcast with Mary Hernandez de Carl
Right to Win Ozarks, “Allyson Tuckness Resigns”
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