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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 27 Feb 2014

    Craven university president lets herself be bullied by the Thought Police; apologizes for saying "human nature." http://goo.gl/eRVsMC 

    12:04 AM - 27 Feb 2014
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      1. steven isle‏ @damnthatcursor 27 Feb 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker They clearly think that saying that its human nature makes it permissable.

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      2. Ciara Kelly‏ @Ciara_M_Kelly 27 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker I think some might have read that as "and therefore must be accepted".More usually expressed with the phrase "boys will be boys"

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      2. ♕Deborah G. Mayo♕‏ @learnfromerror 4 Mar 2014
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        @sapinker No. She apologized for saying an end to all sexual assaults was unrealistic given human nature.

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      3. ♕Deborah G. Mayo♕‏ @learnfromerror 8 Mar 2014
        Replying to @learnfromerror

        @sapinker More Neanderthal man nature? http://rejectedpostsofdmayo.com/2014/03/08/msc-kvetch-youre-not-partially-nude-under-your-clothes/comment-page-1/#comment-2296 …

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      1. Mel McGuire‏ @meljmcguire 27 Feb 2014
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        .@sapinker Students were sharp enough 2 understand the implications of the idea of being evil by nature.Human nature shld not be a scapegoat

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      1. James Featherstone‏ @HipGnosis33 27 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker Western civilisation is doomed.

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      1. JFKgoneAFK‏ @JFKgoneAFK 27 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker Damned puritans. Can't live with them... Can't live with them.

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      1. Nathan Napier‏ @paranormalxrist 27 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker @JeffreyGuterman #1984

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      2. Steven Strauss‏ @Steven_Strauss 27 Feb 2014
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        MT @sapinker: university president lets herself be bullied by the Thought Police; apologizes for saying-human nature http://ow.ly/3hCANf 

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      3. Steven Strauss‏ @Steven_Strauss 3 Mar 2014
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        MT @sapinker: university president lets herself be bullied by the Thought Police; apologizes for saying-human nature http://ow.ly/3hIsj9 

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      1. TheAtheistMissionary‏ @AtheistMission 27 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker Political correctness run amok ...

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      1. Brian Baresch‏ @Editer 27 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker s'OK, it was a non-apology. "I'm sorry you were offended."

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      1. Michael Bench-Capon‏ @MikeBenchCapon 27 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker "Craven" is a bit harsh. She said something reasonable, people were offended anyway, and she apolgized for causing offence.

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      1. Roxane‏ @brigadam 27 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker she could have said primate or animal, I guess we're a loooooong way from being able to say that.

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      2. sarcastic_f‏ @sarcastic_f 27 Feb 2014
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        So @sapinker thinks rape is "human nature"...

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      3. Daniel Quinn‏ @ruelallemand 27 Feb 2014
        Replying to @sarcastic_f

        @sarcastic_f @sapinker Yes. So is theft and dishonesty and war. We can work against these things, and must work against them.

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      4. sarcastic_f‏ @sarcastic_f 28 Feb 2014
        Replying to @ruelallemand

        @ruelallemand Don't see how insensitivity towards rape victims furthers the cause. Human nature for evolutionary psychologists to be jerks?

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      5. Daniel Quinn‏ @ruelallemand 28 Feb 2014
        Replying to @sarcastic_f

        @sarcastic_f Jerks, you find everywhere. Rape must be fought with every tool available in a democracy. Denying HN never saved anyone.

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      1. Jed Stevenson‏ @jedstevenson 27 Feb 2014
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        @sapinker Context. Unlikely to offend anyone if you say friendship is part of human nature. Likely to if you say rape is.

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