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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 26 Nov 2017

    Thanks to Christina Hoff Sommers, who called my attention to those data in her judicious article on #metoo. http://nydn.us/2A0QDK4 

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      2. Mauricio Schwarz‏Verified account @elnocturno 26 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CHSommers

        Now you will also be accused of being a right-winger. Which is happening more and more to the rational left everywhere these days.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 27 Nov 2017
        Replying to @elnocturno @sapinker @CHSommers

        But, that's what he's become. For example, he defended alt-right darling Damore. Not his right to say what he did, but his delirious, unscientific conclusions.

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Mauricio Schwarz‏Verified account @elnocturno 27 Nov 2017
        Replying to @el_blanc0 @sapinker @CHSommers

        BTW, I also think Damore was maligned, while disagreeing with his right-wing views. Sorry for your orthodoxy, but the world is such a larger, more complex place.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 27 Nov 2017
        Replying to @elnocturno @sapinker @CHSommers

        He was fairly maligned exactly for his alt right views. That's a poor attempt at a strawman, and it doesn't strengthen your argument.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Mauricio Schwarz‏Verified account @elnocturno 27 Nov 2017
        Replying to @el_blanc0 @sapinker @CHSommers

        Sure, sure.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 27 Nov 2017
        Replying to @elnocturno @sapinker @CHSommers

        See? That level of discourse is what I'm talking about.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Mauricio Schwarz‏Verified account @elnocturno 27 Nov 2017
        Replying to @el_blanc0 @sapinker @CHSommers

        No, it wasn't. Skeedaddle now and go burn some books.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 27 Nov 2017
        Replying to @elnocturno @sapinker @CHSommers

        This is exactly how far alt right apology gets you. One response and then a bunch of half-hearted, meaningless personal attacks. Pathetic.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Rebarbative‏ @Genuflectional 26 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        An entire article on sexual assault/harassment & "celebrity sex monsters" in today's American culture... ...yet not a single mention of @realDonaldTrump or Roy Moore. Yet plenty of Weinstein... Now, why would that be?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. David Galiel‏ @davidgaliel 26 Nov 2017
        Replying to @Penman1961 @sapinker @realDonaldTrump

        Also no mention by Christina Hoff Sommers of AEI about how Trumpists/Putinists are now weaponizing accusations to narrowly target specific Congressional Democrats, such as members of the Judiciary Committees, who are most troublesome to Trump & RW authoritarians.

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      4. ParadoX‏ @UnC0mm0nGr0und 26 Nov 2017
        Replying to @davidgaliel @Penman1961 and

        If only you two could combine your brains and realize that both parties are exploiting this to keep idiots voting against the other party Pray do tell... would you want her to address the topic, if her examples were the leftist equivalents of your targets? Or are you partisans?

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      5. David Galiel‏ @davidgaliel 26 Nov 2017
        Replying to @UnC0mm0nGr0und @sapinker @realDonaldTrump

        I used to follow, RT, and regularly communicate with Christina Hoff Sommers. Over time, my own due diligence has revealed her as a bad faith actor, who cherry-picks data to promote an extremist right-libertarian agenda, while misrepresenting herself as a moderate centrist.

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Rehman Chaudhry‏ @_jhoolelal 26 Nov 2017
        Replying to @davidgaliel @UnC0mm0nGr0und and

        I follow the lady. Your tweet is on point. I wouldnt go as far and call her an extremist. But she does cater to the hysterical anti-sjw "alt-right".

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. ParadoX‏ @UnC0mm0nGr0und 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @_jhoolelal @davidgaliel and

        conflating anti-sjws with the alt-right, then by the same logic you are a stalinist. Presumably we can agree life's not as simple as that binary, sir

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      2. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 27 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Why would Sommers compare #metoo to two fabricated, and baseless scares from the past? What she saying by drawing those equivalencies? That this too is baseless?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 27 Nov 2017
        Replying to @el_blanc0 @sapinker

        Everyone in those two instances were falsely accused. Is that what she's saying here? That these are all false accusations? That's the problem with this type of politicized response. Why is this what you choose to tweet out, Pinker?

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      1. Parker‏ @lastgoyonearth 26 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        How convenient that you’re against witch hunts when it’s primarily Jews being accused.

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      1. Elizabeth Bonawitz‏ @LizBonawitz 27 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Does arguing that there's "panic in the air" actually fuel the problem the article is trying to solve? Let's not minimize the movement by making it seem blown out of proportion. Let's instead recognize there's a problem and spend our time writing about ways to fix those problems.

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      1. Jessica Cantlon‏ @CantlonLab 27 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I hope there won't be a panic over sexual panic

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