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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 6 Feb 2015

    Just when you thought that academic humanities could get no sillier: "Queering Agriculture." http://www.city-journal.org/2015/eon0205hm.html#.VNWNJ5bt8kY.twitter … from @CityJournal

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      2. J.A. Schneider‏ @JASchneider204 7 Feb 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @FriedrichHayek @CityJournal A Center for the Study of Liberal Morons is desperately needed on college campuses.

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      1. Underdog‏ @rdbrewer4 6 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker @CityJournal They couldn't beat gamers, so they thought they'd have a go at farmers.

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      1. Sebastian Ahnert‏ @sebastianahnert 7 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @CityJournal As an academic (in the sciences) I think this article is rather narrow-minded and old-fashioned.

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      1. Rulon James Downard‏ @RJDownard 6 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @CityJournal as a gay man with a scholarly bent, my first reaction is for another Sokal & Bricmont to take up writing project here

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      2. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 8 Feb 2015
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        . @sapinker And if one questions the relevance of such absurd applications of queer theory, you run the risk of being called insensitive.

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      3. Rogen X Revolutionar‏ @addhdgamer 8 Feb 2015
        Replying to @JeffreyGuterman

        @JeffreyGuterman @sapinker I thought the same with that word but the young care not if it triggers those over 35 lol it has its own #LGBTQ

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      4. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 8 Feb 2015
        Replying to @addhdgamer

        @addhdgamer @sapinker I am questioning the significance of queer theory & agriculture as a focus of scholarly inqury not queer theory itself

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      5. Rogen X Revolutionar‏ @addhdgamer 8 Feb 2015
        Replying to @JeffreyGuterman

        @JeffreyGuterman @sapinker oh! id say that should be a after thought to the learning of what their there for not a flagship of why to attend

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      1. Ad Verdiesen‏ @ontvadering 6 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker all these shitizens claiming humanity because they exist, meanwhile destroying truth&love asif smart&human @CHSommers @CityJournal

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      2. Leon Black‏ @DrLeonBlack 8 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @JeffreyGuterman @CityJournal not having read article, is it about countering EU directives for all vegetables to be straight?

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      3. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 8 Feb 2015
        Replying to @DrLeonBlack

        . @DrLeonBlack @sapinker @CityJournal All vegetables are not straight. Think about it.

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      1. Andrew Reeves‏ @AndrewSshi 8 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @JeffreyGuterman @CityJournal "Presenter Bailey Kier is a typical product of the modern-day humanities department." No, he's not.

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      1. Graham Chivers  ✏️‏ @deepgreendesign 7 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker Wait, R U also saying my Doctorate in #Gender Neutral Landscaping is "silly"? #CdnPoli #Humour #Design #Science

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      1. googoo‏ @googoo0756 7 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker As a student in the humanities (linguistics), I'm always sad to see that pseudo-intellectual crap like this gives us a bad rep. :(

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      1. bob moses‏ @shagbug 7 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @CityJournal hmm, sounds like Alan Sokal has been busy

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      1. Prof. Phil Rumney‏ @phil_rumney 7 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @clairlemon @CityJournal I think this might be even better: http://thefeministwire.com/2014/03/miller-young-toward-decriminalization/ …

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      1. mono-logician‏ @Halfadichotomy 7 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @CityJournal I do agree this is an extremely silly topic.

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