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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 26 Sep 2017

    Death of the last of the 60s psychopaths who conned intellectuals (right and left) into lobbying for their release.https://nyti.ms/2jVcqfV 

    6:57 AM - 26 Sep 2017
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      1. Eric Falkenstein‏ @egfalken 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Until you actually know a psychopath, it's hard to think they really exist. Moral issue: what to do with them (we can identify them)?

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      2. ResistanceNotFutile‏ @ReasonWinz 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Buckley was no intellectual, but that has been true for most western "intellectuals" forever. https://youtu.be/-gsFb0uSG5w  <- Blast from the past

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      3. Badder than Satan, Drunker than God‏ @GeorgeHemingto1 30 Sep 2017
        Replying to @ReasonWinz @sapinker

        Well said!

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      4. Badder than Satan, Drunker than God‏ @GeorgeHemingto1 30 Sep 2017
        Replying to @GeorgeHemingto1 @ReasonWinz @sapinker

        Although in the spirit of Pinker's stinkpost, of course we should acknowledge that there are many pseudo-intellectuals outside the west

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      1. Cassandra Tully‏ @CassandraMTully 26 Sep 2017
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        @JonahNRO Buckley "expressed regret for supporting Smith". Duke's "group of 88" said they just wanted to "start a conversation" #Hypocrites

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      1. Badder than Satan, Drunker than God‏ @GeorgeHemingto1 30 Sep 2017
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        Although in this case it was bill buckley on the right... what on earth does crass centrism have to do with this one?

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      1. Autar Kaw‏ @numericalguy 27 Sep 2017
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        I could not understand what Buckley said. I felt duped.

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      1. Jim Box‏ @undercovpilgrim 26 Sep 2017
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        Do we have more or fewer today? Are most CEOs psychopaths?

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      1. BaroqueBanjo‏ @Baroque_Banjo 26 Sep 2017
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        Norman Mailer?

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