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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 15 Feb 2015

    The Crusaders were like ISIS. Important historical context from Susan Jacoby.http://nyti.ms/175mGWX 

    7:29 AM - 15 Feb 2015
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      2. Ali A. Rizvi‏Verified account @aliamjadrizvi 15 Feb 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker All Abrahamic religions have had ISIS touch at some point. Deuteronomy 20 reads like an ISIS rule book:pic.twitter.com/Grvpy8z2lv

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      3. Raj Kashyap‏ @ShriRajKashyap 15 Feb 2015
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        @aliamjadrizvi @sapinker Pls share MT @sarkar_swati: In the name of d Lord - Christian terror in India's North East http://blogs.swarajyamag.com/2015/01/07/terror-in-the-name-of-christ-in-northeast/ … +

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      4. Raj Kashyap‏ @ShriRajKashyap 15 Feb 2015
        Replying to @ShriRajKashyap

        @aliamjadrizvi @sapinker (contd) +every time someone says Christian terror is a thing of the past. Same book, same behavior. @sarkar_swati

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      1. Rosalind Arden‏ @Rosalind_Arden_ 15 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker with an important difference: that C21st weapons were not available to the Crusaders.

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      1. EPBerg‏ @epberg 15 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker What hasn't been discussed is the inherent resistance of Islam to any degree of reformation. Threat of ISIS cannot be minimized

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      1. Taxpayer1234‏ @Taxpayers1234 15 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker So the First Crusade was a cluster, and that makes the Crusades = ISIS. History context FAIL.

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      1. CN‏ @chetan_naik 17 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker King Ashoka did similar war in ancient India circa 300BC.But after war he got enlightened & started propogating Buddhism & Ahimsa.

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      1. Richard‏ @rmakover 17 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @NTarnopolsky Fine, we got it. No Christian who participated in the Crusades should be eligible for elective office.

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      1. Richard Challinor is an exotic spresm‏ @Frohicky 15 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker 'Baby eaters' is always thrown around in war, but for Crusaders probably accurate.

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      2. Dark Science‏ @tardispda 15 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @MichaelPayton67 I declare the highest award of first degree bullshit.

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      3. Dark Science‏ @tardispda 15 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @MichaelPayton67 This is like "Gravity is a myth" bullshit.

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      1. Dark Science‏ @tardispda 15 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @MichaelPayton67 *shakes head* no. mmmm no. no no no.

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      1. Ella Braigen‏ @EllaBraigen 15 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @aliamjadrizvi Nothing new.

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      1. ᗡʎs˥exicƃǝuıns‏ @eusebiusclay 15 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker Many of the religious relics would have been destroyed by Saladin. #history #crusades @Harvard #veritas #harvard

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      1. ᗡʎs˥exicƃǝuıns‏ @eusebiusclay 15 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker We should be thankful that the crusaders recovered the shroud of Turin; otherwise, no empirical evidence of the resurrection.

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      1. ᗡʎs˥exicƃǝuıns‏ @eusebiusclay 15 Feb 2015
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        .@sapinker In #logic, that's called a false analogy. A group of rogue soldiers do not represent a non-violent ideology.

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      1. Raj Kashyap‏ @ShriRajKashyap 15 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker @aliamjadrizvi Crusades 'were'? ChrIslamic aggressn is still going on in heathen lands wth plenty of support frm Westrn 'liberals'

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      2. Joe‏ @thejoebruno 15 Feb 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @aliamjadrizvi both were caused by western imperialism?

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      3. Joe‏ @thejoebruno 15 Feb 2015
        Replying to @thejoebruno

        @sapinker @aliamjadrizvi tongue planted firmly in cheek

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