Re: @@The Nature of baha'i "reasoning" & "discussion"@@


AyahuascaGnostic wrote:
"Political discussion [of entrenched power] possesses a character
fundamentally different from academic discussion. It seeks not only to
be in the right but also to demolish the basis of the opponent's social
and intellectual existence. . .Political conflict, since it is
from the very beginning a rationalized form of the struggle for social
predominance, attacks the social status of the opponent, his public
prestige, and his self-confidence" (Karl Mannheim, IDEOLOGY AND UTOPIA,
p. 38).

Nima,

Mannheim here is talking about politics in general, not about the
Baha'is - though
there could be points where such applies - clearly there's a dialogue
of
power involved in for example, letters from the UHJ.

I don't see how this quote excuses your propensity for making up
stories, dispersing paranoid fantasies, lying and swearing at people,
however.

Paul

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