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* Truth is often [[Social Construct|constructed]] and manipulated by a society's leaders, privileged classes, and institutions of power. <ref>Sarbin, Theodore R. "The Social Construction of Truth." in ''Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology.'' Vol 18(2), Fal 1998, 144-150.</ref>
 
* Truth is often [[Social Construct|constructed]] and manipulated by a society's leaders, privileged classes, and institutions of power. <ref>Sarbin, Theodore R. "The Social Construction of Truth." in ''Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology.'' Vol 18(2), Fal 1998, 144-150.</ref>
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* A society's language reflects their general perceptions of the rules by which the world operates.<ref>http://www.modern-thinker.co.uk/6%20-%20language%20and%20society.htm</ref> (This perhaps fueled the[[political correctness]] movement of the 1990's).
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* A society's vocabulary reflects their general perceptions of the rules by which the world operates.<ref>http://www.modern-thinker.co.uk/6%20-%20language%20and%20society.htm</ref> (This perhaps fueled the[[political correctness]] movement of the 1990's).
 
* There is no one superior culture; it is a fallacy to presume that [[Western culture]] is somehow better than others, a position often taken by people locked inside the culture who have not been able to take a broader viewpoint.  
 
* There is no one superior culture; it is a fallacy to presume that [[Western culture]] is somehow better than others, a position often taken by people locked inside the culture who have not been able to take a broader viewpoint.  
 
* Postmodernists often use irony and wordplay to shift the meanings of words, so that readers can better realize the unspoken assumptions they have been making.
 
* Postmodernists often use irony and wordplay to shift the meanings of words, so that readers can better realize the unspoken assumptions they have been making.
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