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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 12 Oct 2017

    Powerful essay by Jerry Coyne on the thuggish oppression of a prof expressing an unpopular view https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/author-of-article-on-the-case-for-colonialism-withdraws-it-after-death-threats-and-social-media-mobbing-colleagues-are-mostly-silent/ … via @Evolutionistrue

    11:50 AM - 12 Oct 2017
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      1. Karen Rylander‏ @KarenRylander 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        The liberal police state is just as bad as the conservative police state. Death threats for having an idea is just unacceptable.

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      1. Richard Dalin‏ @RichardDalin 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        I suspect I don't agree with Prof. Gilley, but he certainly has the right to be heard. I'm a man of the left, but this is wrong.

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      1. RandomWalkInScience‏ @RWiSblog 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Colonialism was pretty thuggish. Does victim of oppression accept this? Just wondering why he might be unpopular.

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      1. "No Shit" Sherlock‏ @PunishmentHurts 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        just for defending colonialism? Gee, that never hurt anybody!

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      2. epimind‏ @Epi_mind 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        I'm not sure if there is a good case for colonialism. If the regressive left keeps it up (with help from Russian trolls), I'll never find out.

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      3. epimind‏ @Epi_mind 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Epi_mind @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Chomsky defending holocaust denier: "it has been a truism for years, indeed centuries, that it is precisely in the case of horrendous ideas that the right of free expression must be most vigorously defended."

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      2. Johnicholas‏ @Johnicholas 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Your defense of free speech in only one direction makes you seem biased- eg I wish you would defend Jemele Hill's speech equally vigorously.

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      1. yarzacc‏ @yarzacc 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        "a fella can't even advocate for genocide and subjugation of my inferiors anymore it's a damn shame" ~Steven Pinker

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      1. Fred Flintstone‏ @ShoelessFred 29 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        The "shoe on the other foot" litmus test of reasonable behavior seems to have become a myth. Dreary doings.

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      1. climbnthink‏ @BurnettrobR 15 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        People sending death threats need to think long and hard about what should be considered worthy? Rapist, killer, terrorist, op-ed writer?

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      2. PaulW‏ @pwarr6901 15 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Seriously, a piece that cites College Fix's made-up stuff is powerful? Gilley wants subjugation of peoples, and you're ok with that?

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      3. climbnthink‏ @BurnettrobR 15 Oct 2017
        Replying to @pwarr6901 @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Def ok with publishing a point of view, how about a rebuttal and maybe people would learn something, now people just hate SJW with a passion

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      4. PaulW‏ @pwarr6901 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BurnettrobR @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        may rebuttals already online. here are some: https://goo.gl/sjrLND  and https://goo.gl/GFymd9  andhttps://goo.gl/e96LdX 

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      1. .‏ @G3Sv6Beyond 14 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        Political correctness and groupthink?

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      1. DC Swamp Thing‏ @dc_swampthing 13 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        I actually encounter an alarming number of people who think @sapinker is "Alt Right". What an unreal (and dishonest) world we live in.

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      1. Bennett Kaplan‏ @bennett_kaplan 13 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolutionistrue

        The problem here is far reaching as this kind of attack stifles leadership by pressuring potential leaders to instead become followers.

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