Obscure jargon functions as academic gatekeeping that prevents theory from educating the public

Evidence

This tactic played on the lack of sophistication of the Chester residents and effectively silenced them. As one resident remarked, “Every meeting we left feeling like our tail was between our legs, because they always tried to make us think that what was happening was not happening.” — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 235 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Like the clutch of professional climate-change deniers who claim to “debunk” the avalanche of scientific evidence that the planet is warming by deploying entirely decontextualized temperature charts, along with outdated data and a steady flow of complex scientific terms, Wolf also engages in what we might think of as a pipiking of the science. She peppers her comments with medical terms that she abuses with abandon, rattling on about “lipid nanoparticles” and “spike proteins” and the “blood-brain barrier” so quickly and incomprehensibly that even Steve Bannon has to beg her, “Slow down! Slow down!” — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 741 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Technical jargon functions as a silencing weapon against unschooled residents — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 235; Deploying technical jargon in public meetings functions as a silencing tactic against residents; Scientific jargon is abused as rhetorical decor rather than evidence of understanding. — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 741 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Deploying technical jargon in public meetings functions as a silencing tactic against residents #corroborates (0.90)
• Technical jargon functions as a silencing weapon against unschooled residents #corroborates (0.88) — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 235
• Scientific jargon is abused as rhetorical decor rather than evidence of understanding. #qualifies (0.75) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 741
• Gramsci’s censorship forced a coded vocabulary for Marxist class concepts #expands (0.72) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1796