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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 3 Nov 2016

    Pres. Obama: Tr-mp is "not the voice of America. That's not the better angels of our nature."http://wral.com/16186560 

    4:22 PM - 3 Nov 2016
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      1. The Drunk Republican‏ @DrunkRepub 3 Nov 2016
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        stoking racism and lying to ppl about insurance is?

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      1. BigMan_OnCampus‏ @BigMan_OnCampus 3 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        pic.twitter.com/jLwYExnDlJ

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      1. langfan‏ @langfan 3 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Obama & Dem gang need Clinton to cover up their ineptitude failures and corruption as much as she needs them . A Crooked community

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      1. Ning Jiang‏ @flyhigher1975 3 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @WRAL

        how about piling up debts and stirring wars in other countries?

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      2. David Ashwell‏ @DashwellDavid 3 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @WRAL

        Yet, if he wins, he arguably *does* in a sense speak for America. That the race is at all close is thus dispiriting.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Suzanne Stout Parcel‏ @StoutParcel 3 Nov 2016
        Replying to @DashwellDavid @sapinker @WRAL

        It's more dispiriting that we are choosing between a criminal and an erratic blowhard.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Jake‏ @Jake_Weber5 3 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        what is the hyphen about? subverting keyword searches?

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      3. Arsologer‏ @Arsologer 4 Nov 2016
        Replying to @Jake_Weber5 @sapinker

        I think "Trump" is a scary taboo word for him.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Jake‏ @Jake_Weber5 4 Nov 2016
        Replying to @Arsologer @sapinker

        No I don't think so. He isn't afraid of names. I think it serves a technological function

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      1. sm‏ @unixmiah 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        this is a positive thing. this is something new. this is something exciting. this is something to look forward to.

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      1. Jochen Fromm‏ @cas_group 5 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        what do you say as a psychologist to Mr. T-rump? A narcissistic psychopath as @profkevindutton has described in his book?

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      1. Arsologer‏ @Arsologer 4 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        shut uppic.twitter.com/nz7HJSWoSi

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      1. Mark Bulger‏ @Mark_Bulger 4 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Hillary is our 'better angel?'

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      1. Holtz‏ @Biorealism 4 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Do the Better Angels of our Nature involve bombing the crap out of Yemen? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/18/us-promoting-war-crimes-yemen-saudi-bombing-obama …

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      1. Aaron Davis‏ @AaronDa44194950 3 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @WRAL

        Sweet you're gettin plugs from potus! Amazing book btw, one of my favorie rereads.

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      1. nicky karunarathna‏ @NickyNickykaru 3 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        So you're the voice of brutal America who did kill,maimed,displaced,send peaceful nations to theStone age,made65 million refugees?

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      1. nicky karunarathna‏ @NickyNickykaru 3 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        You must have hallucinated with their medieval middle eastern donkey rode nomadic tribal primitive god biz which teaches angel biz

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      2. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 3 Nov 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Liberals prefer a weak president to bow down, wimp out, cave in, suck up, knuckle under to America's enemies.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aaron Davis‏ @AaronDa44194950 3 Nov 2016
        Replying to @JimAustin45 @sapinker

        You have heard that millions of liberals despise Clinton, right? Been living under a fucking rock or what?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 4 Nov 2016
        Replying to @AaronDa44194950 @sapinker

        If there are a number of liberals who despise the Queen of Corruption, they've been hiding under a rock.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aaron Davis‏ @AaronDa44194950 4 Nov 2016
        Replying to @JimAustin45 @sapinker

        evev the ones voting for her are voting against trump. Dont look for anti clinton liberals on cnn

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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