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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 12 Dec 2016

    Many campus attacks on Israel are extreme or wrong but federal censorship is not the solution.http://nyti.ms/2heHcNP 

    7:01 AM - 12 Dec 2016
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      2. Sir (Darren) Welshie‏ @SirWelshie 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Censorship is wrong full stop, let's see good ideas and bad and then we can make an informed view/opinion.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Hallowestly  🎃‏ @westlypenny 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @SirWelshie

        Censorship: Shooting yourself in the head to "solve" a headache.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Hallowestly  🎃‏ @westlypenny 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @westlypenny @SirWelshie

        Why'd I go with "solve"? "Cure" would have made more sense. Derp.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Sir (Darren) Welshie‏ @SirWelshie 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @westlypenny

        Both sound good, we need to solve somethings before we can cure them :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Hallowestly  🎃‏ @westlypenny 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @SirWelshie

        You're too kind. :)

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      2. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @nytimes

        criticism of any country in the world is called an opinion. Against Israel, however, it's called "anti-semitism." Absurd!

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @JeBroo5 @sapinker @nytimes

        the pseudo-intellectual activists who bully Jews on campuses are equally stupid because they equate all Jews with Israel

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      4. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @JeBroo5 @sapinker @nytimes

        a distinction needs to be made between Zionists and non-Zionists. Zionism is an ugly problem whether you're Jewish or not

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      1. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        the author makes the same mistake that everyone else does by inextricably linking criticism of Israel with anti-semitism.

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      1. (((Douglas Levene)))‏ @DouglasLevene 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @Toni_Airaksinen

        I agree with you, Steve, but it rankles that some "hate" speech is punished but anti-Jewish speech gets a pass.

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      1. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Israel is a country. Jews are a people, although their name is likely a misnomer because many really aren't even Jews at all.

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      2. David Bergin Brown‏ @DavidBerginB 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Is it part of the Jewish religion and ideology that ethnic Jews are superior (chosen by God)? Just asking.

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      3. (((Douglas Levene)))‏ @DouglasLevene 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @DavidBerginB @sapinker

        It's not part of Jewish religion that any Jews, religious, ethnic or otherwise, are superior. Just answering.

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      4. (((Douglas Levene)))‏ @DouglasLevene 13 Dec 2016
        Replying to @DouglasLevene @DavidBerginB @sapinker

        Chosen is a burden, not a prize - means chosen to comply with the hundreds of rules in the Torah

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      5. David Bergin Brown‏ @DavidBerginB 14 Dec 2016
        Replying to @DouglasLevene @sapinker

        --- Thank you.

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      1. Don Bryant‏ @DonaldRBryant 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        How about most campus attacks on campus. It is out of control. Take a vigorous stand about this first.

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      1. Steve Green‏ @EstiviG 12 Dec 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @nytimes

        "many"? What does the data say? How to define "extreme" or "wrong" on such a hot button issue?

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