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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 27 Dec 2015

    The trouble with victimhood culture.http://nyti.ms/1OsuAhJ 

    7:49 AM - 27 Dec 2015
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      1. Post-Nut Clarity‏ @GreyThoughts 27 Dec 2015
        Replying to @Lantern68

        @Lantern68 @sapinker @JosephFarnswort Dividing the issue into whites vs blacks isn't going help. Nor is denying poor people welfare.

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      1.  ☀️ 👀‏ @zei_nabq 27 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker "Arthur C. Brooks is the president of the American Enterprise Institute". Right-wing neo-racists are drawn to each other it seems

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      1. Communo-Stalinist‏ @ZombieDiamond 27 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @nytimes Everybody knows that the REAL victims are white professors who cant freely be racist. Such oppression.

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      2. Lightlink Lighting‏ @LightlinkLights 26 Jan 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @Iris9 And we all lose. Though many will never see it.

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      3. Iris Benaroia‏ @Iris9 26 Jan 2016
        Replying to @LightlinkLights

        @LightlinkLights indeed

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      2. la tafiole sucree‏ @latafiolesucree 28 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker you're bent out of shape. it's a necessary counterbalance to our culture's default setting of victimizing minorities.

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      3. Joey‏ @cncrndusctzn 28 Dec 2015
        Replying to @latafiolesucree

        @latafiolesucree @sapinker is THIS necessary though? If we can articulate the terrible causes we should be able to tailor a better solution.

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      4. Joey‏ @cncrndusctzn 28 Dec 2015
        Replying to @cncrndusctzn

        @latafiolesucree @sapinker Back to the instant topic: how does this "victimhood culture" help anyone sustainably? That should be goal 1.

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      5. la tafiole sucree‏ @latafiolesucree 28 Dec 2015
        Replying to @cncrndusctzn

        @JoJoDogg15 @sapinker how did the excesses of the black power movement help move things along?

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      6. Joey‏ @cncrndusctzn 28 Dec 2015
        Replying to @latafiolesucree

        @latafiolesucree @sapinker We have the ability to analyze past success and mistakes in all situations. Education and conversation is the key

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      1. Lightlink Lighting‏ @LightlinkLights 26 Jan 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Sadly 'victims' are rewarded for playing the role, whether deserved or not. Generations that never intended to try still 'win'.

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      1. al‏ @jesuislalogiqu1 1 Jan 2016
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        @sapinker to those highly critical of the article: let me guess, you're all white?

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      1. Leighanna Rose From the Dead‏ @PrincessOtC 31 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker bullshit, just more white dudes deciding how the oppressed should go about their business.

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      1. wigmaker of ill repute in a room over a stinking t‏ @johnsonpenelope 30 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker unnamed baddies ascending in victimhood culture. be afraid. be very afraid.

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      1. Elise‏ @Another_Wench 28 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        Interesting article. “@sapinker: The trouble with victimhood culture. http://nyti.ms/1OsuAhJ ”

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      1. Rachel‏ @RachelConnoll14 27 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @nytimes possibly the participants who wrote the essay about being bored were more inclined to assist because they felt bored?

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      2. ranthony‏ @ranthony 27 Dec 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @nytimes The essay amounts to just another way to say "PC culture", affirming Trump and his browshirt's beliefs. Not helpful.

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      3. ranthony‏ @ranthony 27 Dec 2015
        Replying to @ranthony

        @sapinker @nytimes Want to know the difference between victimhood belief & being a victim? Become one

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