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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 31 Oct 2017

    John McWhorter: Educated liberals overuse the term 'racist' @CNNhttp://cnn.it/2yzsWbG 

    9:29 PM - 31 Oct 2017
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      1. Chola Con Cello‏ @CholaConCello 31 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        CNN Wouldn’t know racism if it bit them on the ass.

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      2. Matthew_Bailey‏ @Matthew_Bailey 31 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        I am not so sure about this. The Protests haven't been over ANY "right-leaning" people. But those directly connected to Neo-Nazis.

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      3. Andy‏ @andyecfc 31 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Matthew_Bailey @sapinker @CNN

        So Ben Shaprio is a neo-nazi now? 😂😂😂

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Andy‏ @andyecfc 31 Oct 2017
        Replying to @andyecfc @Matthew_Bailey and

        And even so people should let the alt right speak, most sane people will release they're a bunch of nutters in doing so rather than making..

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      5. Andy‏ @andyecfc 31 Oct 2017
        Replying to @andyecfc @Matthew_Bailey and

        Them seem right on some things which the far left are doing on a daily basis now

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      1. Allen Pogue‏ @AllenPogue 31 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        Except they aren't "reverse fascists." They are totalitarian - total agreement is required. I like to refer to this behavior as "soviet."

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      2. Bob Bob‏ @SangeetGeek 31 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        That’s some piss poor writing and thinking. Bland equivalence between educated liberals and the nazis they protest. That both sides drum has a busted head

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      3. Balthasar Sohanstag‏ @Sohanstag 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @SangeetGeek @sapinker @CNN

        Do you really think *John McWhorter* believes in an equivalence between educated liberals and Nazis?

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      1. Shawnito  🇺🇸‏ @PFShawns 31 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        Words don’t matter anymore; it’s only voting results

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      1. roslyn pall‏ @pall_com 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        If you use a word enough, it loses its meaning.

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      1. Paul Olivier‏ @PaulDOlivier 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        Liberals overuse the term educated.

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      1. Josh Green‏ @Josh12Green 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        In other news, local bear shits in woods.

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      1. Pete Smillie‏ @mequantum 31 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        Conservative ignoramuses are another matter entirely.

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      2. RJ Zimmerman____________________________________ 🐀‏ @chuha 31 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        Freedom of expression doesn’t obligate others to listen. Why shouldn’t we express (even loudly) our despising of these failed ideas?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. RJ Zimmerman____________________________________ 🐀‏ @chuha 31 Oct 2017
        Replying to @chuha @sapinker @CNN

        Btw we = people. Not we = educated liberals.

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      1. Slacker Life‏ @InAquaSanitas_ 5 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        Authoritarian left

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      1. Slacker Life‏ @InAquaSanitas_ 5 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        Uneducated as well

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      1. Eric Dorsey‏ @EricGDorsey 1 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CNN

        Educated is a bad word. They are "degree'd" not educated.

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