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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 7 Aug 2017

    Why do so many on the Left abandon their critical faculties and kiss up to despots? https://capx.co/wj8WN  via @CapX

    11:09 AM - 7 Aug 2017
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      1. Jason. Let’s talk.‏ @ResistTribalism 7 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CapX

        So many, of all political dispositions, fall into traps of tribalism. We must all be more disciplined to focus on ideas not tribes or labels

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      2. Ben Tomeo‏ @IrkHudson 8 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CapX

        The basis for Kamm's outrage this time was a bullshit Q from @EvanHD framed specifically to elicit outrage from the likes of Kamm. It workedpic.twitter.com/fCYmMbgE92

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      3. Guy Mitchell‏ @guymit 8 Aug 2017
        Replying to @IrkHudson @sapinker and

        And CW did not find it difficult at all. He politely pointed out that it was a bullshit question

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      1. Juan Palomo‏ @juanpalomo74 7 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CapX

        I recommend reading Legacy of Ashes. You'll have a better picture who the despot is: the USA

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      1. Velterop ⓐ – #Internationalist  🇪🇺 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 🇩🇪‏Verified account @Villavelius 7 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CapX

        Seems to me a syndrome that both left and right politicians suffer from. Even more so far-left and far-right ones.

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      2. Jacinto Dávila‏ @jacintodavila 7 Aug 2017
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        Why do so many intellectuals believe their powerful brains are enough when all their data comes from the media? Come and see for yourself!

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      1. Dr. Lucas Bergkamp‏ @lbergkamp 8 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CapX

        Because they dare to challenge the capitalist system?

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      1.  🌹SocialDemocrat 🌹‏ @JulianFeikTechi 7 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CapX

        An article written by @OliverKamm who says Iran is the only evil dictatorship in MENA. Nothing about Qatar's & Colombia's HR violations.pic.twitter.com/tsi3LFBVmL

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      1. Der Geist‏ @SaneGeist 8 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CapX

        Because they read Wikileaks? And sceptical of Media empires & realise despots exist because Empire keeps interfering

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      1. Edward Lewis‏ @edwarddglewis1 8 Aug 2017
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        But Thatcher didn't do that with Pinochet of Chile did she?

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      1. Janet Holmes  🌹‏ @Jeholmes 7 Aug 2017
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        They imagine that whoever is less powerful must be right. It's a bit naive.

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      1. Sissy Willis‏ @SissyWillis 7 Aug 2017
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        Roger Scruton's #Oikophobia, adolescent stage, intellectuals become arrested in —> willing agents of foreign powershttp://bit.ly/126g1oV 

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      1. Lionel Mandrake‏ @LMandrakeJr 7 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @akoz33 @CapX

        There is a Kenneth Minogue essay on just this topic in On Liberty and its Enemies.

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      1. Martin Neyt‏ @NeytAndText 7 Aug 2017
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        The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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      2. Liadh Timmins‏ @DrLTimmins 7 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CapX

        Why would you suggest this is a left/right issue? In the UK, @Conservatives are worse, e.g. Saudi Arabia. Maybe US/Canada are different?

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      2. Paul Smith‏ @paulsmithlondon 7 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CapX

        Why do you listen to someone like Kamm who was a strong believer in Bush and Blair's disastrous Iraq war?

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