Re: the discourse of minority-mindedness

Phil Graham (pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au)
Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:24:11 +1100

At 01:25 23-11-98 -0500, Jay wrote:

An ultimately reasonable, cogent statement on minority-mindedness,
discourse, and social change. Here's hoping.

Thanks.

My sincere apologies if I have horrified, terrorised, or alienated anyone
with my various statements, positions, or responses.

This is not my intention.

I cannot help but speak my mind. I guess my underlying philosophy on all of
this is that dominant interests in the system appropriate liberatory
discouses, and so we need to be careful not to let them solidify into
dogmatic mantras that actually serve to bring about their anathema.

Once solidified, even the best intentioned discourses become transportable
between opposing contexts until one cannot distinguish the agenda of the
chant's utterer.

So someone has to take up a dialectical position to advance precisely the
same agenda.

Usually, wherever I go, that's me.

Phil

Phil Graham
pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8314/index.html