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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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pinker.wjh.harvard.edu
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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 30 Apr 2016

    The trouble with Bernie: A searing critique by Robin Alperstein.https://medium.com/@robinalperstein/on-becoming-anti-bernie-ee87943ae699#.ln8ju4z6m …

    8:43 PM - 30 Apr 2016
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    • Robin Alperstein Nikki DerekPlatt malkovich [#1BAG] Putkovskaya Lyudmila Leah Little Opus.25 Patrick Taylor Dennis Mbugua
    46 replies 115 retweets 219 likes
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      2. Joseph Seybert‏ @joeseybert 1 May 2016
        Replying to @JMurilloRGV

        @nanosteine @sapinker Robert Reich is like that one doctor who they drag out to tell you that vaccines are dangerous.

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      1. Pete Smillie‏ @mequantum 30 Apr 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker As a psychologist isn't it more important to focus on the fact that a third of the country has lost its fkg mind? #science

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      1. Daily Tenjin‏ @integralvdu 30 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker you should read some @RBReich

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      1. Daily Tenjin‏ @integralvdu 1 May 2016
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        @sapinker I'm sure you don't feel the urgency for single payer healthcare, tuition free college and $15 min wage. None of which are radical

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      1. Dan Smith‏ @danhsmith73 30 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker Ah yes, this again from the hedge fund lawyer.

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      1. Daily Tenjin‏ @integralvdu 30 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker read "listen liberal" by Thomas Frank, how rich libs abandoned working class democrats

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      1. Tara‏ @McZenMama 30 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker Re; Ms. Alperstein's change of heart ... https://goo.gl/i3546n 

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      1.  🌹Ocasio Brolicious‏ @LifeforceVibes 4 May 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @BewareTheBeliev @Medium nice lies. #DropOutHillary

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      1. Diego 🌹‏ @FutureBuckNasty 30 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker A really pathetic smear piece. This woman can't even bother to look up the historical GDP growth rates http://www.multpl.com/us-gdp-growth-rate/table/by-year …

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      1. Sherry Lossner‏ @shrryph 30 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker This was one hell of a take-down. She let herself get a bit too emotional on it, but what she laid out was completely on point.

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      1. Christopher Ament‏ @ChrisAment 30 Apr 2016
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        @sapinker comments like this "pulled out of Bush’s ass." well..., when has "ad hominen" remarks ever been proper in professional writing?

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      2. Josh Lasagna‏ @joshlasagna 30 Apr 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker anyone got a TL;DR?

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      3. Brandon Wilson‏ @brandonwilson 30 Apr 2016
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        @joshlasagna @sapinker TLDR:Unproductive purist, fraudulent platform, dishonest/unfair attacks on HRC, SJW rant about his writings in 1970s.

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