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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 19 May 2014

    XLNT LA Times editorial on why controversial commencement speakers should not be (nor allow thseelves to be) bulliedhttp://goo.gl/oKDmGM 

    12:12 PM - 19 May 2014
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      1. Stephen Fanjoy‏ @sfanjoy 19 May 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker FTA "... academic freedom doesn't guarantee the right to be a commencement speaker or receive an honorary degree."

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      2. Stephen Fanjoy‏ @sfanjoy 19 May 2014
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        @sapinker its the graduate's commencement. They have paid and earned it big time. They deserve to be honored and inspired, not insulted.

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      3. Your Liege / His Eminence‏ @peter_donnelly 19 May 2014
        Replying to @sfanjoy

        @sfanjoy @sapinker Condi and the Chickenhawk Gang: thousands of US kids slaughtered and a trillion burned. Celebrity yes; but role model?

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      4. Stephen Fanjoy‏ @sfanjoy 19 May 2014
        Replying to @peter_donnelly

        @peter_donnelly certainly not my choice of role model

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      1. Stephen Fanjoy‏ @sfanjoy 29 May 2014
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        @sapinker now here is someone with a better approach to commencement day: http://steveblank.com/2014/05/29/three-things-i-learned-on-commencement-day/ … @sgblank

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      1. Martin Lavin‏ @Real_SF 22 May 2014
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        @sapinker Here is a meme (hopefully) "oppose the lies that support your truth" MJL

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      1. Dave Scocca‏ @scocca 20 May 2014
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        @sapinker @mungowitz Editorial discouraging students from expressing opinion of speaker/degree recipient.

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      1. Abramich Sebi‏ @AbramichS 20 May 2014
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        @sapinker Do you want me to blow your mind :-) p

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      1. Abramich Sebi‏ @AbramichS 20 May 2014
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        @sapinker Ur-; pain underneath by way of navigation location symbols more accurate than all navigation ever present

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      1. Abramich Sebi‏ @AbramichS 19 May 2014
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        @sapinker By way of fleet reiterated as just. Kronos vishift in time

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      1. Martyn Hughes‏ @MartynNHughes 19 May 2014
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        @sapinker Bullied? Grow up. These speakers were asked to clarify their positions on various topics. They didn't want to despite the chance.

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      1. Graeme Edgeler‏ @GraemeEdgeler 19 May 2014
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        @sapinker I'm not sure (all) the protests necessarily count as "bullying". Some are just protests.

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      1. Thomas Levenson‏ @TomLevenson 19 May 2014
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        .@sapinker Free speech doesn't imply the right to speak without contradiction. 3/3

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      1. Thomas Levenson‏ @TomLevenson 19 May 2014
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        .@sapinker Which is to say I think vigorous protests against Rice are wholly appropriate. Whether she then chooses to speak is up to her 2/3

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      1. Thomas Levenson‏ @TomLevenson 19 May 2014
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        .@sapinker There'scontroversial (Birgenau, and not very) and controversial (Rice) -- and that editorials comments on Rice were disingenuous

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