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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 28 Mar 2016

    In the election, our ‘better angels’ will prevail http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/03/27/election-our-better-angels-will-prevail/2MwAsXU93Hmj7gbAlkvRdM/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

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      2. David Deutsch‏ @DavidDeutschOxf 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker I expect so—but most people not wanting Trump wouldn't suffice. The real better angels are Anglosphere traditions & institutions.

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      3. Alex Longman‏ @ADLongman 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @DavidDeutschOxf

        @DavidDeutschOxf @sapinker You two need to have a public conversation please! David have you ever considered starting a podcast?

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      4. Joe Immen‏ @joeimmen 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @ADLongman

        @AlexLongman92 @DavidDeutschOxf @sapinker or we all should crowd-fund a TV series of "The Beginning of Infinity".

        2 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      5. David Deutsch‏ @DavidDeutschOxf 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @joeimmen

        .@joeimmen @AlexLongman92 @sapinker Unfortunately those things are expensive to do right.

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      6. Shane Harvey‏ @sharvey907 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @DavidDeutschOxf

        @DavidDeutschOxf @joeimmen @AlexLongman92 @sapinker David, if you start a podcast I'll fund it for the first year. Honestly.

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      1. Man Lobster Bear 👷 🦀 🐻‏ @tkadtkad 28 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe problem is, Hillary is also completely unlikeable except vagina voters

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      1. LynneAvVer ✡️ 🕯️‏ @LynneAvVer 28 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe I don't believe in angels, better or worse, for I have read history books.

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      1. Stephen Spurling Is... @Drangula‏ @Drangula 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @BostonGlobe So if Trump wants to win, he'll switch to appealing to our better angels once he secures the GOP nom.

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      1. JohnDoe‏ @Devout_Buddhist 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @BostonGlobe If Donald Trump were to lose, it would be a case of our lesser angels winning, not our better ones.

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      1. JohnDoe‏ @Devout_Buddhist 28 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe Yes, we are indeed a nation of "better angels" - which is precisely why we *will* elect @realDonaldTrump.

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      1. Adrian Lopez‏ @PaladinZilch 28 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe I remember when people said Trump would never become the Republican party's nominee. I was one of them.

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      1. Eric Greenbaum‏ @EricGreenbaum 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @BostonGlobe I believe the lesser of two evil angels will prevail is a much more apt way to say it.

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      2. LolaMarina  🌍‏ @1lolamarina 31 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @BostonGlobe I sure hope so. Too much doom and gloom these days.

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      3. LolaMarina  🌍‏ @1lolamarina 31 Mar 2016
        Replying to @1lolamarina

        @sapinker I wish you would respond to me. Why do people dwell on negatives so much ? @BostonGlobe

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      2. Bill Haines‏ @idpetition 30 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @BostonGlobe Romney can't be that right bc Carson/Christie/Dobbs can't be that wrong.pic.twitter.com/Ed5EmhBX8s

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      3. Bill Haines‏ @idpetition 30 Mar 2016
        Replying to @idpetition

        @sapinker @BostonGlobe #congress #senate Here are a few words in  thanks to Dr. Ben Carson for his candidacy (cont) http://tl.gd/n_1sodvia 

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      1. Holtz‏ @Biorealism 29 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @BostonGlobe bombing Libya which lead to ethnic cleansing was hardly the stuff of ' our better angels'.

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      1. The Savannah Ape‏ @TheSavannahApe 28 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe I wish our better angels would prevail, but I predict they lose to our moderate, corporatist, status quo angels.

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      1. "No Shit" Sherlock‏ @PunishmentHurts 28 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe holding you responsible if they don't! Scariest election ever.

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      1. Malcolm McMahon‏ @FulfordMalcolm 28 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @BostonGlobe Hope so, but US voters seem suspicious of reason. If cartoon characters could stand, Homer Simpson would win for sure

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