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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 2 Nov 2014

    No offense: The new threats to free speech http://on.wsj.com/10FQlDH  via @WSJ

    12:11 PM - 2 Nov 2014
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      1. Staffan‏ @Paradigmian 2 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @WSJ Withouth the influx of ppl from the Middle East, this wouldn't be an issue. And with a further influx it won't be either : (

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      1. Charles Goldman‏ @cgsc33 3 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @WSJ OK, until the end. Money isn't the same as speech. Big money drowns out ordinary citizens' speech.

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      1. fairway phil‏ @the_heavy_stuff 2 Nov 2014
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        Get your shit together, America. “@sapinker: No offense: The new threats to free speech http://on.wsj.com/10FQlDH  via @WSJ”

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      1. Ad Nausica‏ @adnausica 2 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @WSJ Good article, except for the Mann lawsuit non sequitur. It is defamation against an individual, not criticism against ideas.

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      1. Charles Hall‏ @TaylorCHall 2 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @WSJ Very apropos for our time.

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      1. Angry Husky‏ @Angry_Husky 2 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @MarkTrueblood @WSJ The US and Britain allow you to be critical of government only until too many people start listening.

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      2. Kitty Antonik Wakfer‏ @KittyAntonik 2 Nov 2014
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        Equating of words with actions is illogical; very many illogical ppl being supported in it by Govs/States. @sapinker @WSJ @MarkTrueblood

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      3. Kitty Antonik Wakfer‏ @KittyAntonik 2 Nov 2014
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        Don't agree w/ written/spoken words? Socially preference against: organize boycott of writer/speaker. No ban. @sapinker @WSJ @MarkTrueblood

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      1. Bruno Maddox‏ @brunmad 2 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker M. Mann isn't suing NRO for "criticizing" him, but for "lying about" him. Different.

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      1. Metaphysiology‏ @WorldImagining 2 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @ErikPHoel @WSJ The fiasco in France over the comedian Dieudonné is a damning indictment of their free speech.#ChomskyOnFaurisson?

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      1. Bill Shipley‏ @Harry_cartoons 2 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @WSJ Good piece - wholeheartedly agree. Either free-speech is a principle worth upholding, or it isn't. No half measures.

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      1. Anna af Hällström‏ @annaafhallstrom 2 Nov 2014
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        Elusiveness of telling existential threat from disagreement RT @sapinker: No offense: The new threats to free speech http://on.wsj.com/10FQlDH 

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      1. withoutgod.co.uk‏ @athitwit 2 Nov 2014
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        @sapinker @WSJ I blame the “militant atheists.” Like @bryanappleyard I agree that they are the ones suppressing artistic expression.

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