Firstly, I'd like to comment on boo-boo bear's post on Habermas. I think what Habermas was saying by the quote "Culture in its modern form stirs up hatred against the convention and virtues of everyday life" was actually the opposite of how you interpreted it. The quote is confusing, but what I got out of it was that people are more generally against the honesty of our culture. Either way, we're arguing the same point: that our culture is much more honest and open these days, and people are reacting to it.
I was talking to a friend from home on the phone last week, and we were reviewing movies we had seen lately, stating what we liked, didn't like, and why. While we discussed the new Academy Award Best Picture nominee, "Juno," she said something that kind of shocked me. Her reaction to the movie was that, "Yeah, it was funny, but I thought it went a little too far. They made it seem like getting pregnant and dealing with the consequences is so easy. That's not right for teenage girls to see." I argued back, "OK, so what would you suggest? Scaring them from having sex? Making a movie about a teenage girl getting pregnant and having her life ruined over it?" Granted we were both being a little unrealistic, but people are so attached to censorship, so "anti-bad" that no one can do anything without being attacked by some conservative organization.
I think I went off on a tangent, but I guess my point is that I see where Habermas is coming from and I hate it. While I'm not necessarily into offensive, bad tasting culture, I consider myself a realist. People have to understand our nation's concept of free speech and the lengths to which people can take it.
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I find your declaration that you are a realist particularly interesting in light of Lyotard and Baudrillard's attacks on realists.
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