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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 8 Apr 2016

    The left is eating its own on crime: Bill Clinton attacked despite saving countless black lives.http://goo.gl/wMxOkP 

    2:15 PM - 8 Apr 2016
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      1. fresh5191‏ @dfresh5191 8 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker He didn't save lives. All he did was put some local small-time drug dealers and millions of users in jail for extended sentences.

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      1. J.M. Bee‏ @j_em_bee 8 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker Nah. Mass incarceration & cutting assistance to the poor DESTROYED countless lives. There are other ways to reduce crime, (1/2)

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      1. J.M. Bee‏ @j_em_bee 8 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker including improving socio-economic conditions, jobs programs, better schools, better public childcare programs, etc. (2/2)

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      1. Archie Debunker‏ @ArcheeDebunker 8 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker Disappointing Steven. Advancing an article with such a strong proposition, without reasonable data or evidence. Not becoming of u.

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      2. fresh5191‏ @dfresh5191 8 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker He destroyed lives. One charged for cocaine a different higher charged for crack. Why? Poor people used crack. Higher sentences

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      1. Alex Simonelis‏ @alexsimonelis 20 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker @HeatherMacDona Hallmark of the left for eons.

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      1. Cartopher‏ @are0pag1t1ca 8 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker this is not the #regressiveleft anymore... this is the #radicalizedleft ...no wonder they defend #islamofascists.

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      1. Duncan Idaho Ghola‏ @WKPeart 8 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker Clinton's account of this is quite distorted:http://tinyurl.com/pzmprlj 

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      1. Peter Holmes‏ @tweeterholmes 8 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker article is biased. Most agree- his legislation was extremely damaging to black communities. Record #s imprisoned. Research harder

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      1. AstroBruin‏ @astrobruin 8 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker Bill backed the arbitrary and racially unjust 100-to-1 sentencing disparity for crack vs. powder, etc. http://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/ …

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      1. Bill Waters‏ @BillWaters7 8 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker Political cannibalism is bipartisan this year

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      1. Andy Burke‏ @andybrk 8 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker You think crime bills caused drop in crime vs just expanding already-high incarceration rates? Eliminating leaded gas more likely.

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      2. Isaac Maynes‏ @IsaacMaynes 8 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker maybe deserves praise for Bill, but also deserves criticism for letting 1 mil. black Rwandans be slaughtered by machete (also 1994

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      3. steve‏ @almostcutmyhare 8 Apr 2016
        Replying to @IsaacMaynes

        @IsaacMaynes @sapinker Do you really think the BLM movement gives a shit about Rwanda? It's just pure narcissism, plain and simple.

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      4. Isaac Maynes‏ @IsaacMaynes 8 Apr 2016
        Replying to @almostcutmyhare

        @almostcutmyhare @sapinker No, I didn't say that or even imply it

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      5. steve‏ @almostcutmyhare 9 Apr 2016
        Replying to @IsaacMaynes

        @IsaacMaynes Then what does one thing have to do with the other? Rwandan genocide is beyond anyone's control...can't blame Clinton for that

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      6. Isaac Maynes‏ @IsaacMaynes 9 Apr 2016
        Replying to @almostcutmyhare

        @almostcutmyhare Well the bill was offered as an example of him caring about black people, R G was an example of him not caring

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      1. buddyg‏ @buddyg 2 Dec 2016
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        @HeatherMacDona So creating the Incarceration State was a good thing?

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