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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 14 Aug 2017

    Free speech: Not a Left-Right issue. Right-wingers regularly issue death threats to speakers they disllike.https://nyti.ms/2vwXngd 

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      2. Aaron Davis‏ @AaronDa44194950 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CallMeMisterD

        Its absurd these people think we buy the notion they are fighting for free speech under a swastika flag. Give me a break.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      4. Aaron Davis‏ @AaronDa44194950 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @SoSemiPrecious @sapinker @CallMeMisterD

        They are saying it themselves all over Youtube.And i agree, they should have been allowed to have their rally unhindered. Im a FS absolutist

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
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      6. Aaron Davis‏ @AaronDa44194950 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @SoSemiPrecious @sapinker @CallMeMisterD

        Ha yeah, theres a lot of trash but some really good stuff too. And i like to know how ideoligical extremists on both sides think.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. Justin Peters‏ @Romuless 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @AaronDa44194950 @SoSemiPrecious and

        If you want to watch something truly useful on Youtube - R.P Feynman

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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      2. Colin‏ @czoyl 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @aliamjadrizvi

        From a 'cognitive scientist'! Says "not a Left-Right issue" then attacks the Right. Both L and R oppose free speech. Some cognition!

        2 replies 2 retweets 19 likes
      3. Aaron Davis‏ @AaronDa44194950 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @czoyl @sapinker @aliamjadrizvi

        True. I love Pinker, but I doubt he knows much about where many on the left are at nowadays. His image of the left is from the 60s.

        3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Colin‏ @czoyl 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @AaronDa44194950 @sapinker @aliamjadrizvi

        I believe the extremists on both sides are blind to their own hypocracy, want to silence the 'other' and have hijacked debate. Same in UK.

        4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Aaron Davis‏ @AaronDa44194950 16 Aug 2017
        Replying to @czoyl @sapinker @aliamjadrizvi

        Not just extremists. Also those who are essentially out of touch with the behaviour and positions being put forth.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. EmmyJewel‏ @Emmyjewel 18 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @TWilder86

        Ayaan had to cancel her speech in Australia because of threats from prominent leftist Muslims.

        2 replies 0 retweets 17 likes
      3. Brian Urbancic‏ @SciGroupie 18 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Emmyjewel @sapinker @TWilder86

        Isn't "leftist Muslims" an oxymoron?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. EmmyJewel‏ @Emmyjewel 18 Aug 2017
        Replying to @SciGroupie @sapinker @TWilder86

        They vote left. They identify as left. Whether genuinely or imposters, I don't know.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Brian Urbancic‏ @SciGroupie 18 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Emmyjewel @sapinker @TWilder86

        Thanks for explaining. Linda Sarsour comes to mind.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. M. Eric DeFazio‏ @edefazio 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @lemire

        "conservatives are obsessed with free speech, but only when it agrees with them" ...lets lump all conserv. into a group and show hypocrisy

        4 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
      3. loslocospollosherman‏ @loslocospollos6 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @edefazio @sapinker @lemire

        are not the right doing the same thing with all left wing people?

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. M. Eric DeFazio‏ @edefazio 14 Aug 2017
        Replying to @loslocospollos6 @sapinker @lemire

        a = conservatives against speech they disagree with b = liberals against speech they disagree with conservatives =/= a liberals =/= b

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Dr Tyrone Goldberg‏ @Golden_Ruler_ 20 Aug 2017
        Replying to @edefazio @loslocospollos6 and

        AGAINST VIOLENTLY AND AGAINST NOT VIOLENTLY ARE DIFFERENT IN THAT ONE IS TERRORISM AND ONE IS LAWFUL. WHAT RT WING GRP HAS STPPED LEFT EVENT

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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