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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 7 Feb 2017

    Everyone has a right to free speech, even the loathsome odious Milo.https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/everyone-has-a-right-to-free-speech-even-milo/515565/?utm_source=twb …

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      2. Jesse Cash‏ @pfhobia 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        denying him an event is not the same as him not having free speech. The 1st doesn't guarantee you the right to a conference hall.

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @pfhobia @sapinker

        A student group requested him. Others prevented lawful assembly and free speech.

        2 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      4. Jesse Cash‏ @pfhobia 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @SeanJasonWebb @sapinker

        the student group can still listen to him. He has not been silenced by the govt. His rights are in tact.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @pfhobia @sapinker

        No they could not. Others prevented the event from taking place. Government is irrelevant in this case. 1/2

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      6. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @SeanJasonWebb @pfhobia @sapinker

        Federal marshalls protected Ruby Bridges during desegregation. They didn't allow the mob to control the situation. 2/2

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      7. Jesse Cash‏ @pfhobia 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @SeanJasonWebb @sapinker

        irrelevant here.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @pfhobia @sapinker

        I don't think you have given much consideration to your position.

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      9. End of conversation
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      2. parasang‏ @Rild_Nozdrev 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @TheAtlantic

        how about calling out the Communist fuckheads physically assaulting innocent people as "loathsome, odious"

        2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      3. B E T A S C H M U C K‏ @HornishRex 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Rild_Nozdrev @sapinker @TheAtlantic

        why not both?

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. parasang‏ @Rild_Nozdrev 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @HornishRex

        Fake moral equivalency is fake. Controversial speech =/ hitting people over the head with metal rods & bikelocks

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Rild_Nozdrev

        I think the writer has clearly admonished both in a reasonable manner.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Maria Niedernhuber #FBPE‏ @maria_ndrnh 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        no one says he does not have the right. students can say they don't want him, independent of free speech

        3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @maria_ndrnh @sapinker

        Students requested him as a guest speaker. Others violently prevented his free speech.

        0 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @TheAtlantic

        People weren't offended about what he said, but what he might have said if permitted to speak. 1/2

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @SeanJasonWebb @sapinker @TheAtlantic

        That's a real problem. It wasn't illegal speech. Just ideas others disagree with. 2/2

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. Virgil Scott‏ @thevirg83 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @SeanJasonWebb @sapinker @TheAtlantic

        I think you're the only person thinking reasonably in this whole thread.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @thevirg83 @sapinker @TheAtlantic

        Trump has me so anxious that I want to give up and just engage in identity politics. But I resist.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @TheAtlantic

        I think he is wrong on every issue, but defend his right to be heard.

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      2. Forest Spirit‏ @EarthenBlueSky7 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        The protesters were RIGHT to shut down a Trumpian hate monger. People like you are the reason why your country now has Trump.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 7 Feb 2017
        Replying to @EarthenBlueSky7 @sapinker

        Not at all.

        0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. End of conversation

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