[lbo-talk] school uniforms (was: Ehrenreich responds to BDL)

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

> C's perplexed response here is like that of a non-Catholic trying to
> make sense of the Holy Ghost.  The idea of "expressing your
> individuality" is important in our culture simply because we
> use the idea and make it important.  I think C's getting stuck
> here because he thinks it refers to something.  If you
> participate in the Catholic religion, you'll eventually
> "get" the idea of the Holy Ghost; it doesn't require an
> empirically verified referent.  --And just so with
> expressing individuality.
> 
> Miles 

So what you are suggesting is that one should shut up and blindly follow
dominant cultural fads, be it catholic, or pomo.  Some individualism,
indeed.  And where does critical thinking fits in this scheme?

Wojtek