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    1. The Substack of Boba Fett‏ @agraybee 27 Sep 2019

      Jeet Heer has mastered the art of confidently using pretentious words he doesn't understand, knowing that most people will be too intimidated to challenge him and risk looking stupid. But some of us know what gestalt means, and that ain't it.

      19 replies 23 retweets 297 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Sep 2019
      Replying to @agraybee

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Sep 2019
      Replying to @SousPlage @agraybee

      I was writing in English, not German. It's fairly common for words to shift meaning as they over time, especially if they move across languages. Would recommend Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct if this confuses you.

      8 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
    5. Magdi Semrau‏ @magi_jay 28 Sep 2019
      Replying to @HeerJeet @agraybee

      As someone w/ an advanced degree in Ling, I would not necessarily recommend that book. Also, if you read beyond that book, you might realize that linguistic shifts aren’t universally applied between popular language use & more esoteric borrowings from academiapic.twitter.com/hgByak3voL

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Sep 2019
      Replying to @magi_jay @agraybee

      The idea that gestalt is an esoteric word reserved for academia is belied by dictionary citation showing use of word in my sense by Pauline Kael, a writer famous for her vernacular style, writing in The New Yorker, a non-academic, popular magazine.

      3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
    7. Magdi Semrau‏ @magi_jay 28 Sep 2019
      Replying to @HeerJeet @agraybee

      You are reaching. No one who understands linguistics at all would accept this argument.

      2 replies 0 retweets 70 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Sep 2019
      Replying to @magi_jay @agraybee

      No one who understands linguistics would accept the idea that academic words sometimes acquire a vernacular meaning? Really? Neo-liberalism is a hell of drug.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @SousPlage @magi_jay @agraybee

          I think that's the ideological animus guiding a lot of the bad faith arguments made here.

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        2. The Substack of Boba Fett‏ @agraybee 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @davidabenner @HeerJeet @magi_jay

          Well see now we get into language as it defines us in social contexts. At this point, “neoliberal” has next to no semantic value. It can mean whatever strikes you as unjust or shallow or even simply uncouth. You say neoliberal to be a person who says neoliberal.

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        2. Rob Nelson‏ @rnelson0 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @misterdickard1 @HeerJeet @magi_jay

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        2. Matthew Anderson ✡️ 🌈‏ @AdumbroDeus 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @magi_jay @agraybee

          Thats not her argument at all. She's saying the academic use could shift without the popular or vice versa. Or both could go in totally different directions. I think you're interpreting it as a bad faith argument because of your other idealogical disagreements with her.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @AdumbroDeus @magi_jay @agraybee

          I said bad faith because her argument didn't seem at all relevant to my claim there is a vernacular meaning in English which distinct from any German meaning or academic meaning. Bringing up a moot point is part of the bad faith here.

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        1. The Hawk‏ @TheHawkOnline 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @magi_jay @agraybee

          Oh for Christ’s sake.

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        2. Regina  🌻‏ @regwag2003 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @magi_jay @agraybee

          Is this an intentional attempt to misuse “neoliberalism” or do you just not know what that word means either?

          1 reply 0 retweets 44 likes
        3.  🐾Rogue Nikki 🌻 ⚓️ ⚔️ 🌋‏ @PenalvaCubana 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @regwag2003 @HeerJeet and

          The latter

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