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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 4 Dec 2017

    Bill Clinton: Americans Must Solve common problems, not reinforce differences in political, racial, or ethnic identity.https://nyti.ms/2km1UyF 

    6:40 AM - 4 Dec 2017
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      1. Impolitic‏ @impoliticaljnky 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Bill Clinton's wife: We must import different races and cultures en masse, give them special preferences based on ethnicity, and foster an attitude of difference and grievance in them for political gain.

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      1. Gary Charnock‏ @garygtmm 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        As long as it’s legal to bribe politicians, this kind of talk remains white noise.

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      1. duke gray‏ @dukegray63 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        If his wife had run with this message, she might have been more successful in November.

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      2. Chola Con Cello‏ @CholaConCello 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Except These words are being spoken by a bottom feeding war criminal who ripped Haiti off of millions for his foundation, destroyed the safety net for the poor, And filled our jails with people of color and the poor. No thank you.

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      2. David Lipscomb‏ @davidlipscomb 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Leave the stage, Bubba. Time to make room for others. Please, please, leave the stage.

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      2. Michael Rally‏ @Michael_RA 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        I actually agree with Bill Clinton on this one. Social Media has been a disaster. Polarization is the unanticipated result of connectedness. A tribal love of confirmation bias.

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      3. Robert Nugent‏ @RandR10 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Michael_RA @sapinker

        What you see on social media is a symptom, not the cause.

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      4. Michael Rally‏ @Michael_RA 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @RandR10 @sapinker

        Respectfully disagree. Social Media is a polarization amplifier.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      5. Robert Nugent‏ @RandR10 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Michael_RA @sapinker

        My point is in your response though. It amplifies what's been under the surface all along. Necessary part of cure is identification. Now we know...

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      1. ken‏ @kenforthewin92 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Thanks, always so insightful to hear from a centrist. Keep the impotent takes coming.

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      1. Holtz‏ @Biorealism 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Tell that to @latinovictoryus

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      1. b00nes‏ @b00nes 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        his wife's campaign was pretty heavy on the "elect me because I'm a woman" angle that seems at odds with his message

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      1. Karl Frank Jr.‏ @karlfrankjr 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        What do Clinton and Trump have in common besides being POTUS? I can think of some things.

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      1. Helen Wilson‏ @premodernism 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Shoulda told that to Hillary

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      1. Hawk‏ @CryingHawk 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        He should tell this to his wife and party.

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      1. Zoe Dolan‏ @ZoeJDolan 4 Dec 2017
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        It is a chilling Cold Civil War indeed.https://twitter.com/ZoeJDolan/status/937678764690915328 …

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        Zoe Dolan @ZoeJDolan
        Dear Fellow American: This past week I went public with Judges Run Amok: A Defense Lawyer's Story of Corruption and Manipulation in the U.S. Criminal Justice System. 1/ https://medium.com/@zoedolan/judges-run-amok-an-expos%C3%A9-ac2e037ee469 …
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      1. Matt Rogers‏ @disruptiveme 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        There's no money in that

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