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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 15 Aug 2017

    How to Roll Back Fanaticism (some wise words from David Brooks).https://nyti.ms/2uXsFJB 

    7:33 AM - 15 Aug 2017
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    17 replies 93 retweets 197 likes
      1. Jonathan Corbin‏ @JonathanCorbin2 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

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      1. Sanjay Srivastava‏ @hardsci 15 Aug 2017
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        Sanjay Srivastava Retweeted Langston Hughes

        https://twitter.com/langston_poems/status/897086357847367680 …

        Sanjay Srivastava added,

        Langston Hughes @langston_poems
        I am so tired of waiting, Aren't you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind?
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      2.  👻Eldritch Orange 👻‏ @Herzensruh 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Oh, please. His call for "modesty" is not much different from the Trilateral Commission's old call for "moderation in democracy" (as in:

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      3.  👻Eldritch Orange 👻‏ @Herzensruh 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Herzensruh @sapinker

        "people with grievances should learn to shut up so that we can govern with impunity"). Real issues deserve, no, they require clear responses

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      4.  👻Eldritch Orange 👻‏ @Herzensruh 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Herzensruh @sapinker

        Nazis need to be called Nazis. Terrible and inhumane policies need to be loudly protested. & David Brooks is a milquetoast pseudo-intellect.

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      1. Alex Leviton‏ @AlexLeviton 15 Aug 2017
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        It has to be twofold. Politics on the societal level, a change in critical thinking skills on the personal level.

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      1. (((Colin Wight)))‏ @colwight 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I'm part of @PostTruthUSYD and "conspiratorial epistemology" is exactly post-truth. It needs confronting, but acknowledging 1st step.

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      1. Johnny H‏ @Angus2442 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        have U helped via your Trump hatred or are U part of the problem? #deplorables

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      1. Bill Brooks‏ @bbrooksbb 15 Aug 2017
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        Wise words to reflect upon.

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      1. ParadoX‏ @UnC0mm0nGr0und 15 Aug 2017
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        True... but after Trump's speech condemning hatred on all sides, it should be clear: the radical left will be of no help. #AltCenter

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      2. Michael Donelan‏ @michael_donelan 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Identitarian movements have a lot of appeal to losers who have f**k-all going for them. Econ. and social insecurity exacerbate the prob.

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      3. Michael Donelan‏ @michael_donelan 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @michael_donelan @sapinker

        "Flyover country" has been too often ignored by the Dems and taken advantage of by the GOP. Development of those areas might help.

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      1. MichaelKudla‏ @KudlaMichael 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Amazing

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      1. colin chillag‏ @Cheetahchrome71 15 Aug 2017
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        I can't help but think that most of the insightful and critical things he says about the rightwing extremists can be applied to the leftists

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      1. Harald‏ @equalitus 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Fanaticism another wording for "Neo-Fascism" or illiberal fundamentalism? Won't happen until proportional or direct democracy in the US.

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      1. Jared"Iceman"Cornell‏ @crazijarhead 15 Aug 2017
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        Fanaticism is a byproduct of replacing critical thinking with appeal to authority in our education system

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      1. Moe 🦋Rasmussen 🐾 🏖‏ @RasmussenMoe 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I believe you are in to something.

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      1. Eric Greenbaum‏ @EricGreenbaum 15 Aug 2017
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        What would help is for the press to cover both sides of fanaticism equally, but that won't do much against social media.

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