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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 25 May 2016

    Stand your ground against idiotic "stand your ground" laws (= license to kill). http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/05/24/stand-your-ground-against-gun-violence/O66S7yY0TEZh01MOvfBZOK/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

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      1. Sober Atheist‏ @TheSoberAtheist 25 May 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Fight against the "duty to retreat" laws. Break in to my home, I won't be retreating. I will #standmyground

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      2. JohnDoe‏ @Devout_Buddhist 25 May 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Forgive me, Pinker, but it's not at all obvious to me that StandYourGround is idiotic or a license to kill.

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      1. neurobanter‏ @neurobanter 27 Aug 2016
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        You are listening to EP. Used to live there;

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      1. neurobanter‏ @neurobanter 29 Jul 2016
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        The syntax of the Florida Everglades through time.

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      1. Dave mecino‏ @DMecino 28 May 2016
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        Get a grip Pinker cause ur way off base on this issue.Do some actual research away from the Globe.

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      1. Dave mecino‏ @DMecino 28 May 2016
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        Its castle doctrine applied everywhere and for a good reason.To prevent the prosecution of victims who have defended themselves.

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      1. Dave mecino‏ @DMecino 28 May 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        what the media tells you.Stand your ground laws do not equal a license to kill.It does not mean you can shoot someone on a whim.

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      1. Dave mecino‏ @DMecino 28 May 2016
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        I always though of u as some1 capable of cutting through the BS n the media to find the truth.Guess I was wrong.Despite what

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      1. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 25 May 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Why must prospective victims always give way before punks, hoods, thugs, and other assorted lowlives?

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      1. TGGeko‏ @TGGEKO 25 May 2016
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        Do people have the right to defend themselves or do they only have the right to run away?

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      1. Adolphus Chippan‏ @Clogtowner 25 May 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        We need more guns, machetes, chainsaws, flick knives and bombs so there will be less violence.

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      2. Whig Zhou‏ @whigzhou 25 May 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        "stand your ground" is the greatest law I can find in USA.

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      3. Whig Zhou‏ @whigzhou 25 May 2016
        Replying to @whigzhou @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        The term 'gun voilence' is a trick to confuse using gun to defense with using gun to murder, as they are morally eql.

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      1. Zed Is Not Here‏ @ZedtheVulcan 25 May 2016
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        FYI to @BostonGlobe those are bird hunting shotguns in the picture.

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      1. Sober Atheist‏ @TheSoberAtheist 25 May 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        but don't mistake me for an NRA gun nut. The NRA and SJWs are the biggest threat to gun rights in America, IMHO

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