Why do I even bother trying to talk?

[tcepsa]

I've never been able to address it because the entire tangled mess of trying to deconstruct their prejudice, societal stereotypes, and my own ignorance would tangle in my throat and render me mute.
--dolphin__girl, A moment of contemplation
I've been reading the entry and it has been good and raised several important points for me to think about this, but that's

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[gipsieee]

To paraphrase Tcepsa, "so deconstruction is the understanding of language?"

My reply, "yes"

That said, from a cursory read, my thought is that Derrida didn't go nearly far enough. It's not just writing that needs these filters, it's speech as well. It's any method of communicating from one to another. And, for that matter, this includes art.

My biggest frustration with art school was that "The meaning of [an art piece] is not neatly determined by authorial intention and cannot be unproblematically recreated by a reader".
My biggest frustration on a daily basis is that I have the same problem with the speech of my classmates and they seem to have reciprocal problems with mine.

I suppose you could make the argument that we come from different enough cultures that we are not using the same language, but having watched some of their interactions with each other, I don't think so. Anyways. If I'm out on an incorrect limb due to a cursory reading of a brief concept summary, please explain further and help me see the error of my ways.