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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 6 Sep 2015

    Some historical context on the refugee crisis.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11842760/Prepare-yourselves-The-Great-Migration-will-be-with-us-for-decades.html?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pq_tw_20150423 …

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      1. Paul Wilson‏ @TorpedoWilson 6 Sep 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        War. Lost home & livelihood. Lost family. Terror, desperation. But because you have enough cash to escape you are not a refugee? @sapinker

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      1. Paul Wilson‏ @TorpedoWilson 6 Sep 2015
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        These people would not take such terrible risks with their lives and families for a pay rise, if they were safe where they were. @sapinker

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      1. Paul Wilson‏ @TorpedoWilson 6 Sep 2015
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        Most of this wave of migrants are escaping extreme violence and social breakdown. @dailytelegraph re-writing reality for readers. @sapinker

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      1. Dawn Guidry Montz  🌊 🎃 🌊‏ @MYMIMISTHEBEST 6 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker ...We have had 'dress rehearsals' in recent years-Hurricanes Katrina & Sandy,wildfires/floods/tornadoes/extreme weather, et al .

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      1. Patrice Ayme‏ @Tyranosopher 6 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker This far right wing racist article insists that the refugees are rich people leaving in peaceful countries who want more stuff!

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      1. Magnus Westerstrand‏ @MagWes 8 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker really? No... https://youtu.be/0_QrIapiNOw 

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      1. Shann Biglione‏ @LeShann 7 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker @ProfByron 3rd largest nation of emigrants is the UK. Only half are highly educated. Emigration rate higher than Ghana or Tunisia.

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      1. Shann Biglione‏ @LeShann 7 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker @ProfByron "historical context"?! If you want historical context, read the OECD, not the Daily Telegraph http://www.oecd.org/els/mig/World-Migration-in-Figures.pdf …

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      1. Martin Kokeš‏ @zhr3k 7 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker 10 essential things the #EU had to do in the #refugee crisis, and why it fail http://tl.gd/n_1sndhfk 

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      1. Liz the Wiz‏ @lizwizCYLS 6 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker didn't WRITE the article Fraser Nelson did but Steven Pinker doesn't have any"Retweet Disclaimer"so position remains unclear to me

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      1. alex kovaleski #FBPE #StopBrexit #A50Challenge‏ @alex_kovaleski 6 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker perceptive as ever.

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      1. Jon Opgenorth‏ @jopgenorth 6 Sep 2015
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        good read RT “@sapinker: Some historical context on the refugee crisis. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11842760/Prepare-yourselves-The-Great-Migration-will-be-with-us-for-decades.html?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pq_tw_20150423 …”

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      1. Sampo Syreeni‏ @ssyreeni 6 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker Who'd want to live "there" instead of "here", given the option? I certainly wouldn't. That simple, ain't it?

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      1. Fernando Hoces de la Guardia‏ @fhoces 6 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker do you agree with the premise that the best solution for xenophobia is to keep just the right amount of immigrants?

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      2. Seed Doubt‏ @seeddoubt 6 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker "not war, but money" is too simple methinks. Once basic income needs are met, a lack of freedom will make people feel even poorer.

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      3. Seed Doubt‏ @seeddoubt 6 Sep 2015
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        @sapinker Compare Nyiakiambi, a poor (according to conventional definition) but happy village in free rural Kenya,http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33728876 …

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