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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 30 Jan 2015

    Campus political correctness gets sillier & sillier: This University Banned the Word ‘Mr.’ http://thebea.st/1vdSSmN  via @nymtwit

    10:26 AM - 30 Jan 2015
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      1.  💯 💯‏ @macdiesel1215 30 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @Ash_Effect @nymtwit that's just plain silly

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      1. Mark Reaume‏ @ReaumeMark 30 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @nymtwit the 80s pop rock band Mr. Mister never stood a chance getting that gig.

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      1. Will Wright of Wright's Words‏ @WrightsWords 30 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @nymtwit Well, Sam Clemens once said "Don't let your schooling get in the way of your education".

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      1. HigherGround‏ @giragoes 30 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @nymtwit When will gender neutral bathrooms arrive?

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      1. Willshome‏ @willshome 30 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Though Mr is pretty silly when you think about it: says "my surname is Pinker and I have a dick" Miss/Mrs/Ms even sillier @nymtwit

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      2. Philip Kovac‏ @digitalfox0 30 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @nymtwit Mr/Ms are pretty pointless, and as pointed out in the article, misgendering has consequences aside from hurt feelings.

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      3. Philip Kovac‏ @digitalfox0 30 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @nymtwit This also isn't the same as "banning" said words; it's just adjusting the university protocol, not student interactions.

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      1. Renee‏ @rjoublin 6 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @nymtwit Next they will have an issue with first names been gender specific more often than not.

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      1. Kyle Falcon‏ @kylejfalcon 3 Feb 2015
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        2/2 @sapinker ...and questions (should we define ourselves by our gender?) with the pejorative label 'silly PC'?

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      1. Kyle Falcon‏ @kylejfalcon 3 Feb 2015
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        1/2 @sapinker But aren't you just dismissing some legitimate arguments (transgender inclusiveness) and...

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      1. s‏ @xax000000 2 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @nymtwithttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KZwckGuQPBw …

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      1. save nature&humanity‏ @bankofbiology 2 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @nymtwit Wrong faiths lead ONE to grave/hell only; But wrong technologies lead ALL to the Doomsday!

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      1. Tabitha Lily‏ @Tabitha__Lily 31 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @nymtwit CUNY should change its name. Sounds too much like cunny. Not gender neutral.

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      1. PumpkinSkyte 🇨🇦 🎃‏ @RogueSkyte 31 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @8bits4breakfast @nymtwit Ok this is just getting silly.

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      1. Leigh‏ @stickyrubber44 31 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @GSpellchecker @nymtwit so its ok to have stupid acronyms like CUNYlingus and FIREtruck but not gender specific titles? Ridiculous

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      2. Messiest‏ @MessierMessiah 31 Jan 2015
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        Mind you, be great if they banned all that sexist gender-specific language in French and Spanish... @sapinker @It_IsraHumanism @nymtwit

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      3. Grenville and Benford Fan‏ @screenclutter 31 Jan 2015
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        @MessierMessiah @sapinker @It_IsraHumanism @nymtwit True, but there's a lot to be mined about gender-specific language before we do.

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      1. Somnambulist‏ @Scramblings 31 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @GSpellchecker @nymtwit I'm thinking re-runs of Mr & Mrs are probably over.

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      1. kevin‏ @kvnpkrwrd 30 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @nymtwit Every time people pooh-pooh political correctness hateful references suddenly mean freedom. Consideration is cool too.

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