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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 26 Apr 2014

    The scandal of US universities: They are the worst violators of free speech, repeatedly flouting the 1st amendment |http://goo.gl/4hGkh1 

    4:35 PM - 26 Apr 2014
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      1. Brian Heagney‏ @HeagneyBrian 26 Apr 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @DJGrothe i beg my students to turn in projects that challenhe my fundamental beliefs.

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      1. Ivan Salinas B.‏ @ivansalinasb 26 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker you should study the case of market-driven Chilean universities. Those make U.S. Universities look like heaven of free-speech.

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      1. MDMroczkowski‏ @MDMJD 30 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker I detest LW authoritarianism, but Its worst trait is it strengthens even more dangerous & detestable RW authoritarianism.

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      1. Jeff Chavey‏ @Twilight_Zone64 28 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker shouldn't educators be more concerned with modeling"how to think" vs "what to think"? What are they so afraid of?

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      1. Michael Hillier‏ @hillierme 28 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker @clairlemon the US really isnt the land of the free anymore

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      1. Tommy Godfrey‏ @godless4freedom 27 Apr 2014
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        Perhaps this exemplifies University officials' fear that attending students are unable to think for themselves? @sapinker

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      1. I AM A NATIONALIST‏ @jsl262 27 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker @UnitedCitizen01 Makes sense to stifle free speech and ideas at the univ level. Actiivists are at their prime during those years.

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      1. RJ‏ @UnitedCitizen01 27 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker @Kevinbsnyder Universities-All FOR Diversity,except in VIEWPOINTS & IDEAS

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      1. Marwan Aoun‏ @MarwanAoun2 27 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker According to Foucault, universities are defined as institutions for enforcing perceived "Good" moral values not discovering them

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      1. LynneAvVer ✡️ 🕯️‏ @LynneAvVer 26 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker Stupidiosity. The intentional act of making people stupid.

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      1. Grumpy Old Man‏ @xGrumpyOldManx 26 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker @justinvacula Read an article on Dartmoth today. WTH

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      1. smittelmann‏ @amajorityofone 26 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker @instapundit I thought the United States was a free speech zone....

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      1. Lisa bearing up  🌏 🇦🇺 🐨‏ @LisaGoogles 26 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker Uni: This isn't...the 60's... People can't...protest like that anymore, times have really changed since...back then…" Astounding!

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      1. Joey Tranchina‏ @JoeyFotoFr 26 Apr 2014
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        @sapinker @VindalooTitan If there is ANY lesson we can take from the rise of Nazism in Germany it is not to look to universities for courage

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      2. Ad Nausica‏ @adnausica 27 Apr 2014
        Replying to @Arpit_Chauhan

        @Arpit_Chauhan @sapinker I'll assume you mean behaviourists. Free speech is a main component of Progressivism, as are science and knowledge.

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      4. Ad Nausica‏ @adnausica 28 Apr 2014
        Replying to @Arpit_Chauhan

        @Arpit_Chauhan @sapinker You are mistaken. Progressivism isn't even "leftist". Both Canada and UK even have progressive conservative parties

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      6. Ad Nausica‏ @adnausica 28 Apr 2014
        Replying to @Arpit_Chauhan

        @Arpit_Chauhan @sapinker Still incorrectly, as a means of being dismissive in the U.S. This was not progressives, but authoritarian admin.

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