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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 8 Jan 2015

    We are not Charlie Hebdohttp://nyti.ms/1xMYHGJ 

    9:32 PM - 8 Jan 2015
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      1. Justin Bellavita‏ @JustinBellavita 9 Jan 2015
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        .@sapinker A tenth-rate satirist is worth a hundred religious "scholars," no matter how highly esteemed they may be.

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      1. Jimmy Volmink‏ @jvolmink 8 Jan 2015
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        “@sapinker: We are not Charlie Hebdo http://nyti.ms/1xMYHGJ ” Important to hear this side of the debate also.

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      1. Michael Fullilove‏Verified account @mfullilove 9 Jan 2015
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        RT @sapinker: We are not Charlie Hebdo http://nyti.ms/1xMYHGJ 

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      1. Kyle Miller‏ @tgtStudios 9 Jan 2015
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        The hypocrisy of many who claim #JeSuisCharlie. Nails it--> “@sapinker: We are not Charlie Hebdo http://nyti.ms/1xMYHGJ ”

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      1. Michael Fertik‏ @michaelfertik 8 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @nytdavidbrooks Guys: One can protest Charlie Hebdo cartoons or even (bad!) seek to defund. But surely different from killing!

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      2. Luca Orlassino‏ @orlayesno 8 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker respectfully disagree. Author does not seem to fully grasp FR/US cultural distance and assumes 2nd is better. Cc. @ErinMeyerINSEAD

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      1. Jigme‏ @Abraxas444 9 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @CitizenRKane very good point.

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      1. Mar Galindo‏ @Marecica 8 Jan 2015
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        “@sapinker: We are not Charlie Hebdo http://nyti.ms/1xMYHGJ ” Interesantísimo punto de vista de la prensa americana sobre libertad expresión.

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      1. Crambazzled‏ @nickysmithers 8 Jan 2015
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        Hmmm @sapinker looks like more appeasement to me. Rationalising barbaric intolerance. He aids the fundamentalists by degrading satire.

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      2. "#MonsterMatt" Hardwick‏ @MattLabor 8 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Too bad. You must be one of those #VeryProperCharlies, then. As is @DavidBrooks420. #JeSuisUnTrèsMauvaisCharlie, myself...;-)

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      3. "#MonsterMatt" Hardwick‏ @MattLabor 8 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Oh, My bad; got my #VeryProperCharlies mixed up. @nytdavidbrooks, not @DavidBrooks420...:-P

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      1. David N‏ @__David_N_ 10 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker This misses the point. We stand with them because they were murdered for causing offence. We don't murder those who offend us.

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      1. Steve Lhomme‏ @robUx4 9 Jan 2015
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        “@xpectro “@sapinker We are not Charlie Hebdo http://nyti.ms/1xMYHGJ ”” so Voltaire was on the kids table?

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      1. Jim Clark‏ @CatFishFrog 9 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker 12 people are dead do you really think we need an article explaining how bad things can happen if you are not nice?

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      1. Jim Clark‏ @CatFishFrog 9 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker "the adults’ table ..the kids’ table"!! Is this good style or just condescending? I am 52 which table do I sit at :) ?

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      1. Jim Clark‏ @CatFishFrog 9 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Don't you think this article is implying that those cartoonists deserved it? Writing style was fairly condescending too!

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      1. Elija Perrier‏ @elijaperrier 9 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker would you put Bill Maher 'at the kids table' too? Just curious

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      1. Steven Richards‏ @5tevenrichards 9 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Who decides what is offensive speech the person saying it, the person hearing it,or a neutral third person passing judgment on it

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