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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 24 Sep 2017

    Speech is not violence. http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2017/09/23/why-you-shouldn-punch-nazi/sjghT8vcvVkpbJWMiOrEqN/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe

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      2. Suzy Hobbs Baker‏ @SuzyHobbsBaker 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Wait, so intimidation, threats, emotional abuse - are not forms of violence?

        5 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      3. TJ‏ @BigSurdy88 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @SuzyHobbsBaker @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        No. Walk away. Turn off the tv. Tell them why why're wrong. You have the choice in that moment. These idiots chose violence.

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      4.  🐏 Radical  ⚛️ Goats  🐏‏ @RadicalGoats 25 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BigSurdy88 @SuzyHobbsBaker and

        pic.twitter.com/j9HVx4cJcM

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      2. Steve Strickland‏ @SteveStricklan6 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Yeah - what the hell was that D-Day invasion about eh Steven? We shoulda been making nice with all those free-speech loving Nazis.

        4 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. TJ‏ @BigSurdy88 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @SteveStricklan6 @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        A country was invading other countries...

        1 reply 0 retweets 21 likes
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      2. Gene Peyroux‏ @GenePeyroux 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        If an entity poses an existential threat, violence against said entity is purely self defense.

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Kevin Carter‏ @KevinCarter42 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @GenePeyroux @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        So anyone with a swastika... you can go up and punch them in the face, claiming self defense to an existential threat?

        3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. Justin  ⚖️‏ @RandolphLaw 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Nazis promote genocide and ethnic cleansing and try to recruit people to that cause. They aren't debating ideas...

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      3. Michael Lazzari‏ @LazzaurusRex 28 Sep 2017
        Replying to @RandolphLaw @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        No, they're just propagating their own reprehensible ones... So tear apart said stupidity.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Benny Rodriguez‏ @AbsoluteZeero 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        I agree. Speech is not violence. If you hit someone because of what they say, you aren't fighting "the system", you need jail & counseling.

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      1. Shananers‏ @plasticbabyjeez 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @GiordanoVeblen @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        And "verbal abuse"

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      1. Chad Felix Greene‏Verified account @chadfelixg 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        You might find this interesting. 🙂https://medium.com/@chadfelixg/the-nazi-mass-hysteria-of-2017-ec0899ae2cc4 …

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      1. Randy McGregor‏ @Ramcgreg 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Especially considering the fact that "Nazi" has come to mean, "Anyone who has reservations about any aspect of the leftist agenda."

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      1. Timothy Imholt‏ @TimothyImholt 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        You shouldn't punch anyone. Grownups should settle their differences using their words. Just sayin.

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      2. Robert Steiner  🇨🇦 🇺🇸‏ @MrSpocksApostle 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @hexenpluis @BostonGlobe

        No need to punch. Pointing and laughing is sufficient.

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      2. Joshua Byrd‏ @CaviarEmptier 24 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @BostonGlobe

        Steven many of your followers can’t seem to tell the difference between speech and violence. Why is that?

        3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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