My Exploding Head, Part II: Reports of The So Called Death of Theory are Greatly Exaggerated

Fish does pretty good again. Jesus, I almost feel guilty about calling him a jackass all this time.

Almost...

I would point out to anyone who has read, embraced, or hated Deconstruction that it is simply wrong to say that it does nothing, or has no political expression. Deconstruction is inherently political because it dismantles surfaces which are taken facts when they are in fact expressions of perspectives.

To paraphrase Derrida, a democracy is an end that is never reached. A democracy is always becoming a democracy. Our Creed, the Constitution of the United States and The Bill of Rights, is always in the process of fulfillment, thus we are always in the process of becoming a democracy. To fight for these things, to work towards justice in this country, is a process of perfecting this Creed that cannot be perfected. Yet, in recognizing this fact, we recognize the opposite, inertia, ambivalance, and the status quo are the structures to be dismantled.

So there...