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Boghossianism-Lindsayism-Pluckroseism

A version of Sokalism emerging from the Grievance Studies Affair, where the hoax is treated not as a critique of peer review but as definitive proof that entire fields are intellectually bankrupt. Boghossianism-Lindsayism-Pluckroseism is the ideology that because hoax papers were accepted, the fields they targeted (gender studies, queer theory, etc.) are illegitimate; because some scholarship is bad, all scholarship in those areas is worthless. It's Sokalism systematized, turned into a worldview that justifies dismissing vast areas of inquiry without engagement. Followers of this ideology don't need to read feminist theory; they just need to know about the hoax.
Example: "He'd built his entire critique of gender studies on the grievance studies hoax. Boghossianism-Lindsayism-Pluckroseism meant he never had to read actual feminist theory; the hoax told him everything he needed to know. He could dismiss an entire field based on a handful of fake papers—and feel intellectually superior doing it."
Mr. Mathews: Blace, how did you get so much gainz?
Blace: Lindaism
Lindaism by Superbro99 October 1, 2016

A case of the Lindsays

When an otherwise straight girl has a few too many and starts to hit on her unsuspecting girlfriends
Superman: "So you think you have a chance to repeat offend with Cat Woman tonight?"

Batman: "No, someone switched her tequila rose for tequila and now she can't keep her paws off Wonder Woman"

Superman: "Sounds like someones got a case of the lindsays
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Blexas has been cited as possible in the upcoming decades, but only if Democrats continue to win the Hispanic vote in bigger margins.
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"Did you check out the briefcake in courtroom C?"
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Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
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