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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Oct 18

    Good Lord, why is the NYT publishing a wet kiss to the reckless thug Hugo Chavez from one of his sycophants? Her attacking Trump and Maduro is no excuse.https://nyti.ms/2AgeXY4 

    11:20 AM - 18 Oct 2018
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      2. Francis Fukuyama‏Verified account @FukuyamaFrancis Oct 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        That’s right, Eva Gollinger has played a nefarious role in Venezuela for years.

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      1. Carl Sagan‏ @demon_haunted_ Oct 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        Give us the right kind of leader and, like most suggestible subjects of the hypnotherapists, we'll gladly do just about anything he wants - even things we know to be wrong. #DemonHauntedWorld page 397 #CarlSagan

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      1. Ben Med‏ @benmed_7 Oct 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        For the same reason they hired @sarahjeong

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      1. Peyton Manthing‏ @HWillyBillyGOAT Oct 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        Leftists LOVE authoritarians as long as it’s for the collective cause. It’s interwoven into their ideology. But the second a right of center person even comes close to anything resembling authoritarianism (Trump) they freak out. I believe that’s called projection

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      1. Voice of The Mute‏ @eduardoauthor Oct 18
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        Because the writer no doubt proudly wore a Che Guevara T-shirt in college, or maybe even while writing this piece... of something.

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      1. ConTraRiaN IncLinAtiOnZ‏ @MindContra Oct 18
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        These are the brilliant kind of takes we get from the detached elite who fetishize minorities, revolution, and socialism and cast everything vaguely right wing as akin to Fascism

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      1. Michiel de Hoog‏ @michieldehoog Oct 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        Gotta love the euphemism though. 'Did he have authoritarian tendencies? His military background left him with a firm belief in hierarchy.'

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      2. Beat Confusion‏ @BeatConfusion Oct 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        Economics illiteracy. They STILL have not realized that the road to hell is paved not just with corruption but also with naive empathy combined with quietly destructive policies.

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      2. 𝙻𝚊 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚅𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎‏ @la_chatte_verte Oct 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        "why" Like you really don't fully understand what motivates them? And how about the absurd attempt to compare Trump to Maduro and Chavez? It actually denigrates the victims of the Venezuelan socialist regimes to push the 'Trump is authoritarain' line.

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      2. domingo balbi‏ @fontana1600 Oct 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        History will not give Hugo Chavez a free pass on the destruction of Venezuela. neither will their accomplices get one. I was there when Ms. Golinger was doing the sad job Sarah Sanders is currently doing with Trump.

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      1. Shahin Soltan‏ @ShahinSoltan Oct 20
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        I thought you liked diversity of thought

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      2. Reginald Edwards, PhD‏ @LeReggie Oct 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        If you disagree with an opinion piece (as I do this one) you're free to rebut. It serves a function alongside journalism--stimulating debate and challenging ideas.

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      1. my gf's bday is oct 31st‏ @dz__p Oct 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        love the position of total moral authority you get to take as a liberal. it's a great look steve keep it up

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      1. Brad Jackson‏ @Stewart959 Oct 18
        Replying to @sapinker

        Why is it tyrants admire each other. Is there a secret tyrant club they all belong to? I wonder what the dues would be.

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