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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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pinker.wjh.harvard.edu
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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 16 Oct 2017

    Shame on Kirkus Reviews for its cowardice & lack of principle. AMERICAN HEART by Laura Moriarty. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/laura-moriarty/american-heart/ … #kirkus

    3:44 AM - 16 Oct 2017
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      2. Fabio Chaves‏ @fabiogaucho77 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        So a PC writer writes a PC book reviewed favorably by a PC site. Protests bc neither book nor review are PC enough. Hard to get things right

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Geoffrey Rickly‏Verified account @GeoffRickly 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @fabiogaucho77 @sapinker

        So a bot has an opinion on a bot platform but it's too botty to be shared without a warning. Got it. @thatisabot

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. End of conversation
      1. Blythe Campbell‏ @BlytheCampbell 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        They forgot to read their own review about dangers of mob mentality

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      2. Paula Duntley‏ @paulakoalakat 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Read this article as well: http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.html … Dictating how fictional stories s/b written.

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      2. Virgil Scott‏ @thevirg83 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        1. This is nothing new. I remember the religious backlash against The Golden Compass because they heard God is murdered in it.

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      3. Virgil Scott‏ @thevirg83 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @thevirg83 @sapinker

        2. This without even watching the movie or reading the trilogy. (They kill God in the 3rd book). People love virtue signaling.

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      4. Virgil Scott‏ @thevirg83 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @thevirg83 @sapinker

        3. What’s more appalling to me is that now it’s the left taking up these campaigns with a zealotry that would make an evangelical

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Virgil Scott‏ @thevirg83 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @thevirg83 @sapinker

        4. blush with embarrassment.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Stop Making the Left Look Bad‏ @stfuregressives 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CHSommers

        Not a single person in the comments appears to be Muslim. That says a LOT.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Rowena Cocina‏ @RowenaCocina 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @stfuregressives @sapinker @CHSommers

        The writer of the original review was an "observant Muslim person of color." In your opinion, that should have counted for something.

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      4. Stop Making the Left Look Bad‏ @stfuregressives 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @RowenaCocina @sapinker @CHSommers

        She praised the novel.

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      5. Rowena Cocina‏ @RowenaCocina 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @stfuregressives @sapinker @CHSommers

        I know.

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      6. Stop Making the Left Look Bad‏ @stfuregressives 17 Oct 2017
        Replying to @RowenaCocina @sapinker @CHSommers

        I'm not quite sure I understand what you're getting at here.

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      1. N Sidwell‏ @siddysidfrancop 18 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Wow!

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      1. David Stanley‏ @DavidStanleyman 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Steven please comment on their Facebook page

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      2. Timofey Pnin‏ @pnin1957 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Link to the offending review?

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      3. internaut‏ @the_internaut 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @pnin1957 @sapinker

        he can't, it's been removed. that's what this article is saying.

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      4. Timofey Pnin‏ @pnin1957 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @the_internaut @sapinker

        Generally, it's very difficult to permanently delete things from the internet.

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      5. SheWhoThinks‏ @cfenner5 16 Oct 2017
        Replying to @pnin1957 @the_internaut @sapinker

        There was no attempt to delete without replacement. Why don’t you read it?

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      6. End of conversation

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