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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Aug 2018

    The prospect of Bari Weiss in Australia is, frankly, terrifying. She loves reactionary hot takes & Australian media is as reactionary as it gets in anglophone world.

    9:50 PM - 6 Aug 2018
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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Aug 2018

        Okay, since a few nimrods are insisting on reading the last tweet in bad faith, I have to go through the "tiresome business of explaining a joke." (To paraphrase Leo Strauss).

        11 replies 2 retweets 87 likes
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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Aug 2018

        Jeet Heer Retweeted ProfJeffJarv.eth

        Around the time of that tweet, I also re-tweeted tweet below. Guess what: I do not literally believe that that Bari Weiss is being transported to Australia like a penal colonist.https://twitter.com/ProfJeffJarviss/status/1026528608330936320 …

        Jeet Heer added,

        ProfJeffJarv.eth @ProfJeffJarviss
        Utterly appalling. Bari Weiss has been sentenced to deportation -- a cruel relic of Britain's 1700s legal system -- just for defending free speech. https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1026526622109712385 …
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        5 replies 4 retweets 78 likes
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      4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Aug 2018

        Jeet Heer Retweeted Jeet Heer

        Earlier today I made tweet below. Guess what? I don't actually believe Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Justin Trudeau "We'll 9/11 your ass!"https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1026936808100253701 …

        Jeet Heer added,

        Jeet HeerVerified account @HeerJeet
        Trudeau: If you don't mind, would you please not whip your political prisoners? Mohammed bin Salman (MBS): Shut up! We'll 9/11 your ass! Trudeau: I beg your pardon? MBS: Vive le Québec libre! Trudeau: I'm sorry, I don't understand? MBS: Free your Nazis! Trudeau: Sorry?
        8 replies 4 retweets 73 likes
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      5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Aug 2018

        In like my writing, I like to use the full range of my (admittedly limited) voice, which includes irony, hyperbole, sarcasm, & even invention. I tend to trust my readers can pick up difference between that & my more sincere voice. 99% of the time they can.

        9 replies 3 retweets 85 likes
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      6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Aug 2018

        With this offending tweet, I made it yesterday and the immediate response (from my normal set of readers) was calm awareness of that it was a jibe that mixed irony & hyperbole.

        4 replies 1 retweet 39 likes
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      7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Aug 2018

        But suddenly today I'm getting all sorts of readers who are reading it in the most literal possible manner. This is no accident but a direct result of bad faith readers (ahem: @bariweiss & @conor64) retweeting it with that spin added, creating context collapse.

        11 replies 3 retweets 105 likes
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      8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Aug 2018

        When The Weekly Standard publishes a parody, they alway stick a big fat label reading "SATIRE" on it. I would like to think that it's possible to make jokes on twitter without resorting to use hand-holding. But maybe not.

        9 replies 3 retweets 62 likes
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      9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Aug 2018

        Jeet Heer Retweeted Conor Friedersdorf

        If I'm reading this tweet right, @conor64 thinks that making a joke at another writer's expense is sneaky & underhanded. Maybe! Maybe the only true nobility is earnestness & I'm a bad person. Mea Culpa.https://twitter.com/conor64/status/1026947154840092672 …

        Jeet Heer added,

        Conor FriedersdorfVerified account @conor64
        Replying to @DamonLinker
        I was being generous in assuming he was in earnest rather than joking at someone else’s expense in a way that impugns their character without the rigor or accountability of an earnest critique
        4 replies 2 retweets 48 likes
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      10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Aug 2018

        Anyways, if you want to see a genuinely mean-spirited attack on Weiss & New York Times op ed section, far beyond what I would dare, go to @michelleisawolf, who is much funnier than I amhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsWj7Q5iPus …

        10 replies 9 retweets 80 likes
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      1. Mark‏ @mark_melbin 6 Aug 2018
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        Mark Retweeted Craig Emerson

        She'll be on high rotation thanks to Rupert. He loves the far-right types.https://twitter.com/DrCraigEmerson/status/1026622967948632064 …

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        Craig Emerson @DrCraigEmerson
        To all champions of unbridled free speech, are you okay with Blair Cottrell tweeting about raping ⁦@ljayes⁩ saying “not only would she have been happier with that ...”? pic.twitter.com/1B4li4Tcih
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