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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 1 Apr 2015

    Calling Western Feminists... a plea to oppose the oppression of women. http://huff.to/1N0kf8d  via @HuffPostPol

    8:02 PM - 1 Apr 2015
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      1. Kaj Anne‏ @Kaj_Anne 1 Apr 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        INCREDIBLY, @HuffPostPol banned me for polling users if they supported #WomensRights for all women in the world. @sapinker @Ayaan

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      2. Mṛtyunos  💀‏ @matunos 1 Apr 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @HuffPostPol why limit the call to western feminists?

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      3. Kyle Miller‏ @tgtStudios 1 Apr 2015
        Replying to @matunos

        @matunos @sapinker @HuffPostPol not limited, just targeted. Some progressives in west have hard time critiquing Islam for fear of bigotry

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. poniesinjudah‏ @poniesinjudah 1 Apr 2015
        Replying to @tgtStudios

        @tgtStudios Agree with your comment except for the tone. The PC ones, not all feminists, are shallow and selfabsorbed. @matunos @sapinker

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      5. Kyle Miller‏ @tgtStudios 1 Apr 2015
        Replying to @poniesinjudah

        @poniesinjudah I said 'some', didn't say all?

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      6. poniesinjudah‏ @poniesinjudah 2 Apr 2015
        Replying to @tgtStudios

        @tgtStudios No, I did! In the first version of my tweet. Hadda fix that or I would've sounded like an antifeminist. 😃

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      1. Atheist Greek‏ @greekegoi 8 Apr 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @HuffPostPol The whole of Europe inlud., UK must ban this. It is abhorrent ,Divisive, Not in the Curan..Ban IT

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      1. Steers Mann‏ @SteersMann 1 Apr 2015
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        @sapinker Too many of them seem at swords' points with each other, engaged in internecine warfare, to do so. @HuffPostPol

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      2. John Browne‏ @wombat2u2004 2 Apr 2015
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        @sapinker @shortwave8669 @HuffPostPolpic.twitter.com/oYwSMNH4BZ

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      1. ΧΡΙΣΤΌΦΟΡΟΣ bɝːd‏ @christopherburd 7 Apr 2015
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        @sapinker @CHSommers @HuffPostPol "My most recent book... proposes a fundamental five-point modification of Islamic doctrine" Sigh.

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      1. Paula Wright‏ @SexyIsntSexist 7 Apr 2015
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        @sapinker @HuffPostPol Soon we will need to march against feminists who don't ID on sexual equity but political control of resources

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      1. Facts matter‏ @moiskd 4 Apr 2015
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        Must read. @Ayaan is brilliant. “@sapinker: Calling Western Feminists... a plea to oppose the oppression of women. http://huff.to/1N0kf8d ”

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      1. Feminists NZ‏ @FABQNZ 4 Apr 2015
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        @sapinker @Ayaan @HuffPostPol There are some feminists who speak up for gender equality. Like our fb page "Feminists against burqa in NZ".

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      1. Are R. Føreland‏ @areforeland 3 Apr 2015
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        @sapinker @Ayaan Let's support Muslim women's rights w/o the notion that Islam is inherently flawed,bc,really,this: http://theatln.tc/1FpL6qZ 

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      1. Communo-Stalinist‏ @ZombieDiamond 2 Apr 2015
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        @sapinker @HuffPostPol Rights movements must be internal to bring change. Would be listen to another nation telling us to change our ways?

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      1. Walter Byrd‏ @walterbyrd11 2 Apr 2015
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        @sapinker @Ayaan @HuffPostPol Pat Condell: The curse of "progressive" feminism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbmeQtGMkUU …

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      1. The Faithslayer‏ @TheFaithslayer 2 Apr 2015
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        @sapinker @HuffPostPol Sorry, but they're just too busy with more important issues - like perceived misogyny in video games.

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      1. Luke‏ @Lukey627 2 Apr 2015
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        @sapinker @HuffPostPol Third wave western feminists are about attacking 'evil white men', downtrodden women elsewhere not relevant to them.

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      1. David Owen‏ @davidowen_sd 1 Apr 2015
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        @sapinker @HuffPostPol Well I am happy the people on this board and huffo agree with @Ayaan. Someone forgot to invite her detractors.

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