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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 18 Feb 2016

    Another college official claims to value free speech, then disinvites a controversial speaker. https://www.thefire.org/williams-college-bars-uncomfortable-learning-speaker-from-campus-declares-hate-speech-too-uncomfortable/ … via @TheFIREorg

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      1. clovis‏ @clovis_cormoran 18 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg How often do you invite psychics to give seminars on astral projection @MIT ? Are you against free speech?

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      1. Loren Thacker‏ @ThackerX 18 Feb 2016
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        @Kgar_Horrible @sapinker @TheFIREorg When I was in college in the 80s, the Left fought for free speech. It's now the biggest enemy.

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      1. Wow_ThatsLame‏ @Wow_ThatsLame 18 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg Safe spaces oughta be sequestered rooms for the dysfunctional individuals who require them. Let colleges be for adults

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      1. Rich Guadalupe McDonald‏ @BiomedicalDude 18 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg "We believe in free speech until we don't" is common these days.

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      1. Hugh Mann‏ @rubellaball 19 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg too bad, Derbyshire is an interesting writer with a deep respect for facts and data. I guess today facts are fascist.

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      1. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 18 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg Hardly a surprise. Liberals have long jettisoned free speech in favor of enforcing politically correct speech.

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      1. Cynicismist‏ @matineeidler 18 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @CHSommers @TheFIREorg If you hurt my feelings I'm calling the cops

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      1. Brother Dude‏ @BrotherDude1 18 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg is this really a free speech issue? Or we shouldn't offer our facilities to a total POS? I must be "triggered" 😂😂

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      2. clovis‏ @clovis_cormoran 18 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg He should have just told the truth. The guys a racist and they never say anything interesting or useful.

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      1. Zach Herschensohn‏ @zachbeo1 25 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg Big problem in academia right now.

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      1. Holtz‏ @Biorealism 21 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg black student who heads 'Uncomfortable Learning' group is disappointed in Falk's decision.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/20/williams-college-cancels-a-speaker-invited-as-part-of-a-series-designed-to-bring-in-provocative-opinions/ …

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      1. Mark Caplan‏ @MarkCaplanCLT 19 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg Derbyshire is an immigrant with a woman-of-color spouse. That should have given him a bulletproof shield.

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      1. Herbert Vojčík‏ @herbySk 19 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @CHSommers @TheFIREorg What about to just dismantling campuses? School buildings, dorms etc. can be just normal buildings in town.

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      1. Moloch's Bartender‏ @GerardHarbison 19 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg "Education is a vast sea of lies, waste, corruption, crackpot theorizing, and careerist log-rolling.” John Derbyshire.

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      1. Intolerant Baniya‏ @IntolerantBaniy 19 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg @CChristineFair Free speech is like fart. People like their own but hate others'.

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      1. Marcus Evans‏ @MarcuswevansSr 19 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg As they should have. "Hate speech" is colloquialism for "fighting words" which is an exception to the 1st Amendment.

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      2. Gerardo López Ruelas‏ @glopezruelas 19 Feb 2016
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        @sapinker @TheFIREorg Let's not pretend we don't all draw a line with free speech. We do, including the 1st Amend itself (libel, commercial)

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      3. Ari Cohn‏Verified account @AriCohn 19 Feb 2016
        Replying to @glopezruelas

        @glopezruelas @sapinker @TheFIREorg See Trope Three: https://popehat.com/2015/05/19/how-to-spot-and-critique-censorship-tropes-in-the-medias-coverage-of-free-speech-controversies/ …

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      4. Gerardo López Ruelas‏ @glopezruelas 19 Feb 2016
        Replying to @AriCohn

        @AriCohn @sapinker @TheFIREorg I get it. Believe me, I'm on your side. The biggest reason U.S. is great is we protect free speech farther.

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