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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 29 Mar 2017

    Shame on the South. Pov Law Center! Sign to Remove Maajid Nawaz & Ayaan Hirsi Ali from McCarthyite list https://www.change.org/p/southern-poverty-law-center-remove-maajid-nawaz-and-ayaan-hirsi-ali-from-the-splc-s-list-of-anti-muslim-extremists?recruiter=2954388&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive … via @Change

    5:42 PM - 29 Mar 2017
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      2. Yakov Hirsch‏ @YakovHirsch 29 Mar 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg @Change

        Yakov Hirsch Retweeted Yakov Hirsch

        https://twitter.com/YakovHirsch/status/847318016572313603 …

        Yakov Hirsch added,

        Yakov Hirsch @YakovHirsch
        Replying to @ggreenwald
        .With all due respect @mehdirhasan article unconvincing, (& speaks to the choir) This won't defeat @SamHarrisOrg's toxic ideas @ggreenwald
        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. johnny spooner‏ @NewerEra 31 Mar 2017
        Replying to @YakovHirsch @sapinker and

        Never done this before. If you're not following @YakovHirsch you're missing out.

        1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
      4. Yakov Hirsch‏ @YakovHirsch 31 Mar 2017
        Replying to @NewerEra @pc_snowflake and

        Yakov Hirsch Retweeted Yakov Hirsch

        @squirrel_doom @Sacha_Saeenhttps://twitter.com/YakovHirsch/status/848049004604669952 …

        Yakov Hirsch added,

        Yakov Hirsch @YakovHirsch
        Can @SamHarrisOrg handle the truth? http://www.newsweek.com/how-sell-americans-israeli-settlements-81783 … http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Editors-Notes-The-word-according-to-Frank … https://www.transcend.org/tms/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sf-israel-projects-2009-global-language-dictionary.pdf … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8CUFSHB114 … #NOJEWS pic.twitter.com/l2ZygRFPSB
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      2. Omar Baddar‏Verified account @OmarBaddar 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg @Change

        Shame on you for supporting someone who claims "every devout Muslim" supports terrorism! http://goo.gl/ADhH0e 

        3 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
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      1. Haddad 2018, BR | Chokwe Antar 2020, USA | ☥ הי‏ @jotaemei Jan 10
        Replying to @sapinker @Change

        She argued that the US Constitution should be altered to forbid schools selectively of only one religion. You don't find that extremist? Or you just haven't gotten around to educating yourself on her politics before calling for the SPLC to be pressured into passivity?pic.twitter.com/d6sIj5ecYb

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      1. Yossi Preminger‏ @ExoThinker 30 Mar 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Change

        better to just inform people that SPLC is a con charity.

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      2. Sushil K‏ @SKisContent 29 Mar 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        What makes a list McCarthyist? Can any list be not McCarthyist?

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      1. N.G.McClernan‏ @ngmcclernan Apr 21
        Replying to @sapinker @Change

        Shame on Steven Pinker.

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      1. H.E.Pennypacker‏ @hePennipacker 6 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Change

        Shameful Propagandized Libel Cudgel?

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      1. (((g)))‏ @QRandom 31 Mar 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg @Change

        Let's not leave the conservative academic @DanielPipes twisting in that insane wind. And what of @ACTBrigitte ?

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