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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 22 Mar 2016

    The trouble with placing criticism of Israel outside the bounds of legitimate discoursehttp://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/the-uc-system-turns-the-anti-speech-lefts-logic-against-anti-zionism/474288/ …

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      2. (((Gerald M Steinberg)))‏ @GeraldNGOM 22 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker @TheAtlantic Nonsense. Is KKK simply criticizing Black Americans? BDS is racist, not critics of Israel

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      3. Yael‏ @frackingzionist 22 Mar 2016
        Replying to @GeraldNGOM

        @GeraldNGOM You don't stop bigotry by silencing bigots. @sapinker @TheAtlantic

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      4. (((Gerald M Steinberg)))‏ @GeraldNGOM 22 Mar 2016
        Replying to @frackingzionist

        .@thinkingzionist @sapinker @TheAtlantic UC response to hate is not blocking free speech; it's protecting rights of all students

        3 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      5. Yael‏ @frackingzionist 22 Mar 2016
        Replying to @GeraldNGOM

        @GeraldNGOM Nobody has the right to be protected from hurt feelings. @sapinker @TheAtlantic

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      6. (((Gerald M Steinberg)))‏ @GeraldNGOM 22 Mar 2016
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        (((Gerald M Steinberg))) Retweeted The Tower

        .@thinkingzionist @sapinker @TheAtlantichttps://twitter.com/TheTowerDotOrg/status/712351384297984000 …

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        The TowerVerified account @TheTowerDotOrg
        Rutgers professor doubles down on lecture accusing Israel of harvesting Palestinian organs http://buff.ly/1SfBg1h  pic.twitter.com/GFcFTCrTc8
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      1. Stacey‏ @Staceyisangry 22 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker Many are grappling with free speech and discrimination right now. Would love to hear more discussion around this imp topic.

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      1. (((Gerald M Steinberg)))‏ @GeraldNGOM 22 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker @TheAtlantic Would David Duke, KKK & other white supremacists be protected in UC etc. like Abunimah, SJP, JVP, etc?

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      1. geniusofmozart  🌐‏ @geniusofmozart 22 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker Shame about the title. This isn't 'leftist' or 'rightist' logic. But, part of drive to conflate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism.

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      1. Dr. Petra Marquardt-Bigman‏ @WarpedMirrorPMB 22 Mar 2016
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        .@sapinker Is it "legitimate discourse"when a @RutgersU prof defends an updated blood libel? http://www.thetower.org/3117-rutgers-prof-insists-her-updated-version-of-the-blood-libel-is-not-anti-semitic/ …pic.twitter.com/Kp2Dyyoyb8

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      1. Elissa Flagg‏ @ElissaFlagg 22 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker another reason: when you drive hate speech underground, you lose track of the anti-Semites who would normally out themselves.

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      1. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 22 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker BDS types have allied themselves with religious factions that seek to complete the work of the holocaust.

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      1. Camus‏ @camusgoalie 22 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker Oh no! @NickCohen4 's two favourite ideas are contradictory! I've been blocked by @georgegalloway and by @JolyonMaugham

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