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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 13 May 2015

    Still more safe spaces: Columbia students want trigger warnings for Ovid: http://wp.me/ppUXF-B6w  via @Evolutionistrue

    11:32 AM - 13 May 2015
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      1. Channing Walton‏ @channingwalton 13 May 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue I’m waiting for the ‘trigger warnings are triggering’ kerfuffle.

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      1. Forfare Davis‏ @Pseudoplotinus 13 May 2015
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        Because the more irreligious we are, the more primitively religious we become. http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/why-secular-liberalism-isnt-liberal/ … @sapinker @CHSommers @Evolutionistrue

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      1. Patricia Cohen‏ @PatcohenNYT 13 May 2015
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        .@sapinker @Evolutionistrue a request from 4 students isn't exactly a mass movement. You cud find 4 people to ask for anything -- esp. kids

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      2. KMDartandarch‏ @KMDartandarch 14 May 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue How can a student know he or she wants a "trigger warning" if he/she has not read Ovid? Hmmmmmmm????!

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      3. KMDartandarch‏ @KMDartandarch 14 May 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue Crazy way to opt out of learning, no?

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      1. robert‏ @rmgolden1995 13 May 2015
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        @sapinker 2/2 could chose weather they felt comfortable or wanted to opt out, warnings are fine, censoring or editing courses is not ok.

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      1. robert‏ @rmgolden1995 13 May 2015
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        @sapinker call me crazy but I don't see a problem with informing students this work includes graphic descriptions of rape, then a student...

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      1. Just L (aka Belaglik von Biddy)‏ @JustLittleOldL 13 May 2015
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        @sapinker @CHSommers @Evolutionistrue So the point is young women should not go to college until all the scary books are gone?

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      1. Yeah Nope‏ @YeahNopes 13 May 2015
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        @sapinker @CHSommers @Evolutionistrue I need a safe space from the Social Justice Cult. #SafeSpaceFromPerpetuallyOffended

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      2. David Manheim‏ @davidmanheim 13 May 2015
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        @sapinker I wonder which things get safe spaces; could one request a safe space for theists confronted with religiously objectionable ideas?

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      3. David Manheim‏ @davidmanheim 13 May 2015
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        @sapinker What about people who feel threatened by the discussion of historical atrocities? (Bonus: Does it depend which ones?)

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      1. Israel Campos‏ @israelscampos 13 May 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue Nowadays, they're become the "devices of oppression" dreamed by Foucault and your disciples.

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      1. Jσнη‏ @OrAroundTen 13 May 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue First world manufactured problem

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      1. Old Scratch Johnson‏ @OldScratchjohns 13 May 2015
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        @sapinker *Professor brings copy of Lysistrata to class. University crumbles like the House of Usher. @Evolutionistrue

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      1. MeditationAsheville‏ @MeditationAVL 13 May 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue the real safe space is within -- students who practice meditation aren't overlyy concerned w/outer restrictions

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      1. temacube‏ @temacube 13 May 2015
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        @sapinker @Evolutionistrue lol

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