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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 13 Oct 2014

    Another example of how university kangaroo courts mock the ideal of academic freedom | http://po.st/Xyvd7S  via @tabletmag

    9:35 PM - 13 Oct 2014
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      1. إبْنُ مَرْيَمْ Ibn Maryam‏ @INTERPRETERsays 13 Oct 2014
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        “@sapinker: #الإنقليزية How university "kangaroo courts" mock the ideal of academic freedom! http://po.st/Xyvd7S  via @tabletmag”

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      1. A.J.  🌹.  🏳️‍🌈.  🌍.  📚.‏ @IVicere 14 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @tabletmag so much for the conspiracy theory that the Zionists control academia

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      1. Citizen Wald‏ @CitizenWald 13 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @tabletmag @GeraldNGOM indeed. One antidote is to sign the petition http://bit.ly/1xN8VV0 

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      1. (((Just a Flâneur))) [All Hallows’ #Blockchain]‏ @EnlightFundy 15 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @tabletmag A deeply dismaying episode.

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      2. Jonathan Fanning‏ @Fantheflames_jf 15 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @RichardDawkins @tabletmag u ignore that he abuses those who disagree with him as anti-Semites even while pleading his innocence

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      3. (((Just a Flâneur))) [All Hallows’ #Blockchain]‏ @EnlightFundy 15 Oct 2014
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        @Fantheflames_jf @sapinker @RichardDawkins @tabletmag That's not abuse, it's his view. There are anti-Semites - one can call them such.

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      4. Jonathan Fanning‏ @Fantheflames_jf 15 Oct 2014
        Replying to @EnlightFundy

        @EnlightFundy @sapinker @RichardDawkins @tabletmag criticizing Israel does not make you anti-Semitic, he also called his colleagues cowards

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      5. (((Just a Flâneur))) [All Hallows’ #Blockchain]‏ @EnlightFundy 16 Oct 2014
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        @Fantheflames_jf @sapinker @RichardDawkins @tabletmag Criticizing Israel does not NECESSARILY make you anti-Semitic. Important distinction.

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      6. Jonathan Fanning‏ @Fantheflames_jf 16 Oct 2014
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        @EnlightFundy @sapinker @RichardDawkins @tabletmag being anti-Semitic makes you anti-Semitic, nothing to do with criticizing Israel or not

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      7. (((Just a Flâneur))) [All Hallows’ #Blockchain]‏ @EnlightFundy 16 Oct 2014
        Replying to @Fantheflames_jf

        @Fantheflames_jf @sapinker @RichardDawkins @tabletmag Many criticisms of the Jewish state r anti-Semitic; many not. Hardly any of France r.

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      8. Jonathan Fanning‏ @Fantheflames_jf 16 Oct 2014
        Replying to @EnlightFundy

        @EnlightFundy @sapinker @RichardDawkins some vocal supporters of Israel vicious AS stand by point, criticism of Israel/AS not correlated

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      9. (((Just a Flâneur))) [All Hallows’ #Blockchain]‏ @EnlightFundy 16 Oct 2014
        Replying to @Fantheflames_jf

        @Fantheflames_jf @sapinker @RichardDawkins Not 1-to-1 correlation obv. Would you say no criticisms of Israel are AS? How cld supporter b AS?

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      1. Henry Köhler‏ @Authorportrait 15 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @tabletmag Kafka portraits from my father Carl Kohler (1919-2006). http://www.themillions.com/2009/11/portraits-of-the-artist-the-work-of-carl-kohler.html …pic.twitter.com/zdpXTQ7dHr

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      2. William Skyvington‏ @Skyvington 14 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker The expression “kangaroo court” denigrates both our marsupial and our legal history. There's surely a less offensive synonym.

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      3. Craig Fox‏ @fynthorn 14 Oct 2014
        Replying to @Skyvington

        @Skyvington @sapinker Thylacine court, perhaps? There's nothing alive to be offended.

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      4. William Skyvington‏ @Skyvington 14 Oct 2014
        Replying to @fynthorn

        @fynthorn @sapinker Tasmanian devil. Yes, why not? Let’s settle for “devil’s court”… which fits in well with “devil’s advocate”.

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      1. k-s sirkka‏ @k272479 13 Oct 2014
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        @sapinker @tabletmag ACADEMIC freedom ?

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      1. Steven Strauss‏ @Steven_Strauss 13 Oct 2014
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        “@sapinker: example of how university kangaroo courts mock the ideal of academic freedom | http://po.st/Xyvd7S  via @tabletmag” @nypost

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      1. Nick Swarbrick‏ @nickswarb 13 Oct 2014
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        “@sapinker: ...how university kangaroo courts mock the ideal of academic freedom | http://po.st/Xyvd7S  via @tabletmag” Sobering reading.

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      1. Daniel Laskowski‏ @daniellaskowski 13 Oct 2014
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        “@sapinker: Another example of how university kangaroo courts mock the ideal of academic freedom | http://po.st/Xyvd7S  via @tabletmag”

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