Postmodernists enabled misuse of their ideas by retreating into subtlety

Evidence

Some will complain that the account just given is not sufficiently detailed or nuanced to do postmodernism justice. Others may object to my thesis that postmodernist thought is in any way a precursor to post-truth. I am confident that further study of postmodernist texts would help to undercut the claim that its ideas may legitimately support right-wing ideology. But I am equally sure that postmodernists have contributed to this situation by retreating within the subtlety of their ideas, then being shocked when they are used for purposes outside what they would approve. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 249

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘boning knife as a hammer’ and intellectual-responsibility theme recurs in how Amis and others weaponize academic framings, seen in Islamophobia and the Novel. — connects to: Postmodern ideas’ acceptance, not their content, is what needs materialist explanation — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 617; The postmodern concept cannot be disproved because its voices are radically separated — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 799; Intelligent Design theory deliberately borrowed postmodernist tactics from evolution’s opponents — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 272

Broader Connections

• The postmodern concept cannot be disproved because its voices are radically separated #corroborates (0.82) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 799
• Postmodern ideas’ acceptance, not their content, is what needs materialist explanation #qualifies (0.75) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 617