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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 18 Mar 2016

    Trumpism is not new: 48 years ago, George Wallace was worse (& won 5 states). http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/03/19/the-genealogy-american-demagoguery/cw60dgR9k3x9BRdOt0L1PP/story.html?event=event25?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

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      1. Anna Wallenstam‏ @WALLSTAM 18 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker George Wallace was a liberal and a career politician, they’re nothing alike. Trump is something of a political Rorschach blot.

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      1. Laurence Lewis‏ @TurkanaDK 18 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @speechboy71 @BostonGlobe & Strom Thurmond Dixiecrats 1948

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      1. John C. Halloran‏ @johnchalloran 18 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe Rachel Maddow did a nice piece on this parallel a month or two ago on MSNBC.

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      1. Nathan  🎃 Kalmoe‏ @NathanKalmoe 18 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe Useful parallels, but Wallace didn't have major-party nomination to be competitive, making this time more dangerous.

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      2. Haven Monahan‏ @HavenMonahan 18 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe Wrong Pinker -- You have to look back to FDR -- wealthy, authoritarian, narcissist -- to find someone like Trump

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      3. Christie's Brainslug‏ @CBrainslug 18 Mar 2016
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        @HavenMonahan @sapinker @BostonGlobe are you serious? FDR saved the country from financial collapse. Drumpf will...

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      4. Haven Monahan‏ @HavenMonahan 18 Mar 2016
        Replying to @CBrainslug

        @CBrainslug @sapinker @BostonGlobe And Trump will save the US from the strangle hold of globalist oligarchs.

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      5. Christie's Brainslug‏ @CBrainslug 18 Mar 2016
        Replying to @HavenMonahan

        @HavenMonahan @CBrainslug @sapinker @BostonGlobe of course- he will unite all nations in peace. Can I offer you a brain slug?

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      6. Haven Monahan‏ @HavenMonahan 18 Mar 2016
        Replying to @CBrainslug

        @CBrainslug @sapinker @BostonGlobe No he will NOT unite the world -- but he will help the working class in the US

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      7. Christie's Brainslug‏ @CBrainslug 18 Mar 2016
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        @HavenMonahan @sapinker @BostonGlobe what has he EVER done that was not an attempt to help himself

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      8. Haven Monahan‏ @HavenMonahan 18 Mar 2016
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        @CBrainslug @sapinker @BostonGlobe No promotion except self-promotion! Again, same as FDR. Narcissist, Rich, Over-confident, Authoritarian.

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      9. Christie's Brainslug‏ @CBrainslug 18 Mar 2016
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        @HavenMonahan @sapinker @BostonGlobe k

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      1. Christopher Ament‏ @ChrisAment 18 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe I hope Trump will micromanage Congress because they need it.

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      1. Don Bryant‏ @DonaldRBryant 18 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe I remember. I was freshman when he came to campus. Went to hear. Crowds scared me, even though I was conservative.

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      1. Doug‏ @ThynkTwyce 18 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe Trumpism is, basically, the old Dixiecrat party reborn and geographically metastasized.

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      1. BadExampleMan‏ @BadExampleMan 18 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe If Trump becomes GOP nominee and wins 5 states I'll be ok with that.

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