Mr. J, a Former Professor Series – Entry 29: Forensic Commentary on “LARGE Language Muddle”
Analyzing Disorganized Language as a Reflection of Psychological Dysregulation
Public Note published by Pat Johnston (captured June 11, 2025; archived prior to deletion)
I. Overview of the Text Structure
At first glance, “LARGE Language Muddle” appears to mimic poetic minimalism, but a closer forensic reading reveals a progressive linguistic disintegration rather than intentional structure. The piece shifts rapidly between:
Disjointed affirmations (“Yes?”, “CORRECT”),
Nursery rhyme fragments (“Frere Jacques?”),
Disconnected geographic references (“Wisconsin”, “Yon Yonson”), and
Existential signifiers (“Lost / in / nowhere / healthy”).
II. Behavioral Indicators in the Language
Obsessive Latching on Binary Language
Repetition of “Yes? YES. Correct? CORRECT.” appears ritualistic, not poetic.
Suggests an internal struggle to assert control over validation, possibly triggered by recent experiences of institutional rejection (e.g., complaint dismissal by police).
Fragmented Referencing Without Anchoring
Lines such as “Where have all the flowers gone?” and “Frere Jacques?” are drawn from known Western folk material but are stripped of context.
This indicates an attempt to cling to shared cultural fragments as a substitute for personal coherence — a known behavior in individuals experiencing symbolic destabilization.
Psycholinguistic Displacement
The poem fails to build any emotional arc or semantic climax.
Instead, it devolves into semantic scatter — throwing disconnected elements in sequence without synthesis (e.g., “Lost / in / nowhere / healthy”).
This matches patterns found in stress-induced writing, particularly in cases involving public exposure or narrative loss of control.
III. Contextual Interpretation (Post-Complaint Timeline)
Considering the publication occurred after:
The formal rejection of his police complaint,
The release of a well-structured Substack series from the opposing party, and
Documented behavioral stress responses (deletion of content, contradictory statements),
…it becomes clear that this poem functions less as a “literary text” and more as a psychological outlet under reputational pressure.
Linguistic incoherence becomes an indirect self-confession — a performance of distress masked as intellectual exercise.
IV. Intertextual Power Imbalance
Comparatively:
Linh’s Substack work is cohesive, well-structured, and forensic-informed.
Johnston’s poem is involuted, fragmented, and unintelligible beyond private emotional logic.
This contrast intensifies the reputational imbalance, placing the author of “LARGE Language Muddle” in a rhetorically subordinate position. It is unlikely to serve as a defensive literary rebuttal, and instead, signals the collapse of discursive authority in his hands.
V. Closing Note
“LARGE Language Muddle” is a linguistic unraveling disguised as poetry.
It neither innovates nor protests — it leaks. And in the leak, we read a man outpaced by the very medium he once used to dominate.
Read the full series
- Entry 1: The Man Who Taught Me Ethics by Failing All of Them
- Entry 2: The Disappearance of the Public Poet
- Entry 3: The Hanging Tree Case Study
- Entry 4: Hidden Like Accountability
- Entry 5: The Collapse of Assumptions
- Entry 6: The Ethics of a Tinder Bio
- Entry 7: How He Ate Told Me Everything
- Entry 8: What Makes a Scholar Dangerous
- Entry 9: Fragment of Life, Fragment of Accountability
- Entry 10: Anatomy of Disappointment
- Entry 11: Legal Defense Challenges: A Framing Statement
- Entry 12: Six Years After Ronell – What Academia Still Doesn’t Get
- Entry 13: QUT and The Man Who Raped Me
- Entry 14: Why Sarcasm Toward Institutions Can Backfire
- Entry 15: P*ssy or Toxic Masculinity?
- Entry 16: Who is Your Favorite Comedian?
- Entry 17: And What is Your Favorite Song?
- Entry 18: Grant Proposal — Narrative Ethics as Survivor-Led Forensics
- Entry 19: The Coward Behind the Clone
- Entry 20: [URGENT HIRE] CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
- Entry 21: [URGENT] Legal Counsel Needed for Complex Reputation Rehabilitation
- Entry 22: YOU’RE AN ABUSER. STOP CONTACTING ME
- Entry 23: Seeking Counsel for a Fallen Academic
- Entry 24: Internal Legal-PR Briefing
- Entry 25: For Journalists – Legal & Ethical Clearance Summary
- Entry 26: Symbolic Prostitution, Transactional Intimacy, or Just a “Loan”?
- Entry 28: Why He Simply Cannot Shut Up
- Entry 29: Forensic Commentary on “LARGE Language Muddle” (you are here)
- Entry 30: Don’t Just Threaten My Future. Because I’m Going To Archive Your Present
- Entry 31: Open Letter to the Person Who Tried to Break Me with Defamation
- Entry 32: Defamation, Harassment, Doxxing Class 101
- Entry 33: Confidential Crisis Recovery Proposal
- Entry 34: Forensic Behavioral-Somatic Report
- Entry 35: Forensic Commentary on the Tattoos
- Entry 36: QUT and the Abuser They Once Had
- Entry 38: When Poetry Becomes Revenge Porn
- Entry 40: A Man Built for Applause, Not Accountability
- Entry 41: Neurobehavioral Addendum
- Entry 43: Why Does It Sound Like a War Metaphor?
- Entry 44: Forensic Commentary on Racialized and Fetishizing Language in “Hidden Like Rice”
- Entry 45: Public Misuse of Former Academic Affiliation
- Entry 46: The Two Things That Didn’t Leave a Bad Impression
- Entry 47: When Affection is Just an Alibi (A Bundy-Inspired Reflection)
- Entry 48: Humbert, Lolita, and the Fetish of Fragility
- Entry 49: The Fetish of Smallness as Symbolic Violence
- Entry 50: Motif Risk Analysis
- Entry 52: Can an Abuser Be a Good Father?
- Entry 53: Who Protects the Children?
- Entry 54: From Blackmail to Children
- Reflection: The Miscalculation
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