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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 15 Aug 2017

    US was founded on Enlightenment principles. Trump now advised by fans of 20th C fascist philosophy. Ideas matter.https://goo.gl/LvDtfA 

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      1. Christina Behme‏ @ChristinaBehme4 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        as long as Nazi philosopher Heidegger is admired in your country you have shaky grounds to condemn Bannon - be consequent, it matters

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      1. Tax Farm Inmate  🌄 🔰‏ @currencyfrog 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Stopped reading when Bannon's support for Brexit cited as evidence of his Nazism. Wanting democracy is fascistic?

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      2.  ☔️‏ @BringMeTheLeft 15 Aug 2017
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        It was also founded on slavery/homophobia/capitalism/imperialist-white-supremacist values

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      3. Matthias Schatz‏ @matthias_schatz 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BringMeTheLeft @sapinker

        Think in historic terms: Can you name another country or colony in the 18th century that was better than US? Enlightenment was progress.

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      4.  ☔️‏ @BringMeTheLeft 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @matthias_schatz @sapinker

        Wel define "better", enlightenment was progress, but let's be honest about what it was and what it grew off the backs of.

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      1. Eric Falkenstein‏ @egfalken 15 Aug 2017
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        Heidegger? HG Wells? GB Shaw? Marcuse?

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      1. gregorylent‏ @gregorylent 15 Aug 2017
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        USA was founded on genocide and slavery ..

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      1. nadinecarroll‏ @nadinecarroll 15 Aug 2017
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        Enlightenment principles are what Trump is trying to save from the Antifa rent-a-mobs who speak for the Democrats these days.

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      1. nadinecarroll‏ @nadinecarroll 15 Aug 2017
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        Bannon defends Western Civilization against regressive progressives who are trying to destroy it. Stop these libelous smears. Disgusting!

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      1. Lynda Joyce‏ @ntvnyr173 17 Aug 2017
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        Yeah projection leftist loon . Accuse others of what u r !pic.twitter.com/a9vXaMVm44

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      1. Rick Fauteux‏ @RickFauteux 15 Aug 2017
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        Total bull chit

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      1.  👻We 💀Live 👺In 👾A 🕸Nightmare 🎃Dystopia 👻‏ @Parsimmon 15 Aug 2017
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        Oh noes! If only someone had told America that Bannon was inspired by an obscure racist, we could have avoided all this.

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      1. yarzacc‏ @yarzacc 15 Aug 2017
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        🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 glad as ever to see you acknowledging chattle slavery and fighting "merciless Indian savages" are enlightenment principles 😇👼😇

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      1. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 15 Aug 2017
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        But @sapinker There are biological differences between races!! Maybe whites are just biologically where they should be! 😛 #ShowMoralCourage

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      1. nsram‏ @nsram 15 Aug 2017
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        Did someone hack your Twitter?

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      1. ParadoX‏ @UnC0mm0nGr0und 15 Aug 2017
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        Did Bannon say he liked any of Maurras' ideas regarding fascism? For that matter, is the source a single french (pro-EU) diplomat?

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      1. langfan‏ @langfan 15 Aug 2017
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        Obama's pastor?

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      1. Vic‏ @Troubardur 15 Aug 2017
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        The Idea becomes the word. The word becomes the act. Genesis

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      1. Joseph Farnsworth‏ @JosephFarnswort 15 Aug 2017
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        Bannon was a founding member of Breitbart News, started by friend Andrew Breitbart who was raised a Jew. What you're implying is deranged.

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