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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 28 Nov 2017

    Yale President Peter Salovey on an early and principled advocate of free speech, even for those whose views she detested.https://nyti.ms/2k3L1IV 

    9:50 AM - 28 Nov 2017
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    • Robin Willard Jean-Jacques Ian Pace #FBPE Gowron Tausendschlau Ezequiel Pineda Ryan Mulkey Nova Prospect      #Article13=#StaliNaziEU.#Brexit Yuvraj William Strohmacher
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      1. Morgan Huff‏ @MorganJHuff 29 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        An amazing story of poise, dignity, and wisdom. I strive to be more like Ms. Murray and have the strength that it takes to turn the other cheek and be the bigger person in any hateful situation. She is inspirational. Give this a read #digiPRosF17! Thank you for sharing @sapinker.

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      2. Strike‏ @AlleyesonGaza 29 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        When can ISIS have a speaker at Yale?

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      3. szspagna‏ @szspagna 29 Nov 2017
        Replying to @AlleyesonGaza @sapinker

        When CAIR books them an event.

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      2. RandomWalkInScience‏ @RWiSblog 28 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        In '30s London, ordinary people stopped Fascists marching through Jewish areas, denying their "right" to assembly. Wallace had enough platform to spout his hate without Yale. His ideas led directly to firebombing black churches. Free speech to organise oppression?

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      3. szspagna‏ @szspagna 29 Nov 2017
        Replying to @RWiSblog @sapinker

        None of those platforms involved an academic setting in which intellectuals could publicly challenge his ideas with a live audience. Few can moderate or carry out debates in a better setting than a university. His ideas being on campus were the least likely source of firebombing.

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      1. Troy Blackford‏ @TBlackford3 28 Nov 2017
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        This is a thought-provoking piece. Thanks for spotlighting it.

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      2. J A Quent‏ @J_A_Quent 28 Nov 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Blindly defending free speech is a short sighted as dismissing it in order to safeguard oneself against any other opinion. A line needs to be drawn if free speech endangers lives or the very existence of free speech itself. Otherwise it is without value.

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      3. Walter Pletikos‏ @wallymannen 28 Nov 2017
        Replying to @J_A_Quent @sapinker

        I would say free speech is not equal to threaths or when puttning ppl's life on the line. But preventing free speech to preserve free speech seems like a contradiction...either you have free speech, or you do not...

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