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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 13 Aug 2017

    Police kill too many people, black & white. Focus on race distracts from solving problem, as we do w plane crashes.https://nyti.ms/2uLZ5Xk 

    6:11 AM - 13 Aug 2017
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      2. Brynn Beardsley‏ @brynnbeard 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        To tweet this, especially after yesterday's events, is not only wrong but wilfully stupid and mean.

        1 reply 4 retweets 45 likes
      3. Brynn Beardsley‏ @brynnbeard 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @brynnbeard @sapinker

        It is also divorced from reality. You may as well have hash-tagged this with "all lives matter."

        2 replies 5 retweets 20 likes
      4. Hellalujah‏ @Hellalujah_7 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @brynnbeard @sapinker

        Agreed. Also: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” — Desmond Tutu

        2 replies 7 retweets 15 likes
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      2. Dr. Jens Foelloween  🎃‏ @fMRI_guy 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        This is an unbelievably bad tweet.

        7 replies 10 retweets 144 likes
      3. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @fMRI_guy @sapinker

        When the public is overwhelmed with emotion we need others to stay calm and rational. Not join us in our outrage.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Dr. Jens Foelloween  🎃‏ @fMRI_guy 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @SeanJasonWebb

        That's not what's happening here, though. Pinker has bought into the Tomi Lauren argument and that's a disappointing development.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        What is up with you, @sapinker? These are two separate issues that both deserve attention.

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      3. "No Shit" Sherlock‏ @PunishmentHurts 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @el_blanc0 @sapinker

        racism votes and government feeds police. Too complex for @sapinker ?

        0 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
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      2. Microscorp Magoo‏ @neuroaristocrat 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Focusing on race doesn't distract from solving the problem of institutionalized racism enforced by the police. Jesus dude.

        1 reply 2 retweets 49 likes
      3. Robert Dobbin‏ @RoboDobo07 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @neuroaristocrat @sapinker

        Then explain why more black cops kill blacks than white cops do..are black cops trying to prove themselves? To the whiteracist cops ?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Kevin Rosenfield‏ @cercopithekevin 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        This is such a backwards, privileged stance to take, Steve.

        0 replies 1 retweet 13 likes
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      2. Andres Perez Rojas‏ @aperezrojas 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        That really misses the point, even of the article itself, which enumerates so many examples that implicate race in these police encounters

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. Andres Perez Rojas‏ @aperezrojas 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @aperezrojas @sapinker

        We all have biases, and this tweet betrays yours. I wish you were a bit more upfront about that, here and in your work that touches on it

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        You ever notice that at @sapinker only posts and never comments. Never interacts. Never defends his sh*tposts. Why do you think that is?

        2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @el_blanc0 @sapinker

        He's like the minor celebrity who does a Reddit AMA just to promote his new book, and it ends up a disaster.

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      2. Lymetime‏ @TimeofyourLyme 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I would suggest we focus on race of the evidence indicates disproportionality, which it does.

        1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
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      4. LOVESEXY‏ @AAMcLane 13 Aug 2017
        Replying to @killallhelghans @TimeofyourLyme @sapinker

        I doubt you've read the statistics on how black communities are over policed.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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      6. chud grassley  ☠️‏ @codshash 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @killallhelghans @AAMcLane and

        Try again: https://www.aclu.org/files/assets/aclu-thewaronmarijuana-rel2.pdf …

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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