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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 18 Jan 2017

    This Has Never Happened Before: Strong words on our situation, with historical context.https://againstthelogicians.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/this-has-never-happened-before/ …

    11:25 AM - 18 Jan 2017
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      2. Crispin Sartwell‏ @CrispinSartwell 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        this is an hysterical series of insults, none of which he wrote. i'll need much better evidence to get to insane white supremacist

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Crispin Sartwell‏ @CrispinSartwell 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @CrispinSartwell @sapinker

        verbal abuse, incessant ad hominem, mere unanimous propaganda. remember when you were representing yourself as reality and reason?

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Crispin Sartwell‏ @CrispinSartwell 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @CrispinSartwell @sapinker

        'this has never happened before' #thisisnotnormal: when did y'all become extreme conservatives with a single argument:

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Crispin Sartwell‏ @CrispinSartwell 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @CrispinSartwell @sapinker

        'this isn't the way it was before.' that's your argument?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Crispin Sartwell‏ @CrispinSartwell 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @CrispinSartwell @sapinker

        stop trying to jack each other up to max fever pitch and start grappling with/trying to interrupt actual policies, etc. done now!

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
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      2. Malcolm Pollack‏ @mtpollack 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Reminder: Trump *defeated* a "corrupt, emotionally unstable demagogue".

        2 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
      3. A. J. West‏ @AlWest13 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @mtpollack @sapinker

        Well, he didn't get anything like as many votes as she did. But okay.

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      4. Malcolm Pollack‏ @mtpollack 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @AlWest13 @sapinker

        He won the election.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. A. J. West‏ @AlWest13 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @mtpollack @sapinker

        Looking at the polls right now, though, I'd call it a pyrrhic victory.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Malcolm Pollack‏ @mtpollack 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @AlWest13 @sapinker

        If you like. Nevertheless, Inauguration Day is Friday.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. End of conversation
      1. The Fire Rises‏ @DasAntipozi 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        "white supremacist" lol this borders satire

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      1. Hélène‏ @helenew_fr 19 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I was expecting something more upbeat than this retweet. You and Hans Rosling are optimism heroes. Please don't fail us now!

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      1. Holtz‏ @Biorealism 19 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        ex Microsoft & General Motors CFO Chris Liddell who will head Strategic Initiatives has a more benign view http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1611/S00181/qa-nz-businessman-chris-liddell.htm …

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      1. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        pic.twitter.com/wqw13Tfeyd

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      1. M Stone‏ @M_Stone969 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I also have concerns about Trump as POTUS, but this is so far over the top it is likely to be counterproductive.

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      1. Bernie Nunn‏ @BernieNunn1 22 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Grow up Crispin, read your history, study psychopaths. Read George Orwell. Study con artists and "The Big Lie"

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      1. jamdev12‏ @jamdev12 19 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        thought u were liberal, not leftist.Too much fear http://mongering.Like  good scientists we observe and act accordingly when things fail.

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      1. Bill Adams‏ @adams292 19 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Foreign powers never played a role to influence American elections? Why was content of email so toxic to Clinton candidacy?

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