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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jan 1

    Interview with Femen’s courageous Inna Shevchenko: "Fear of Causing Offense Has Cost Too Many Innocent Lives." http://quillette.com/2017/12/30/femens-inna-shevchenko-fear-causing-offense-cost-many-innocent-lives/ … via @QuilletteM

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      2. cactusmaac‏ @cactusmaac Jan 1
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Scaring children and animals by trooping around topless with a placard won't change the minds she is looking to change. Reading the Interview she seems like one of those hard-chargers who is rather dismissive of other viewpoints.

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      3. Thetans_Galore‏ @PreTheist Jan 1
        Replying to @cactusmaac @sapinker @QuilletteM

        There's always one who dismisses those at the vanguard of change. This time it's you Ali, bravo you and your cloth ears.

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      4. cactusmaac‏ @cactusmaac Jan 2
        Replying to @PreTheist @sapinker @QuilletteM

        I am all for change and reform, this is not likely to work.

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      1. Maricab‏ @Maricab_ Jan 1
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        That's why you focus on easy targets 🤡

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      1. Jeff Brooks‏ @JeBroo5 Jan 1
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        This has to be an early nominee for one of the most poorly written and intensely boring articles of 2018. And I'm a fan of most articles from @QuilletteM.

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      1. Bragard de l Est‏ @Vigilantdu17 Jan 2
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Le courage de pisser dans des églises ?

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      1. John Lobell‏ @JohnLobell Jan 2
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Note that in Germany, women can be jailed for such protests: http://www.businessinsider.com/germany-is-investigating-far-right-mp-beatrix-von-storch-after-a-strict-social-media-hate-speech-law-2018-1?utm_content=bufferffe9d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer&r=UK&IR=T … And in France -- recall what they did to Brigitte Bardot.

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      1. Michael Nadolsky‏ @RevrseSolipsist Jan 2
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Femen has been off the radar for several years, so I don't remember specifics, but I seem to remember them being *terrible* but people supporting them because they claim feminism.

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      1. LSica‏ @Sica66 Jan 1
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        Give em hell Inna

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      2. Nicholas SCARE-itz  🍞 🌹 🌹‏ @stringquintet Jan 1
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Definitely. If there’s anything the matter with the world today, it’s people being too considerate of other people’s feelings. Down with decency!

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      3. hwipitgood‏ @hwipitgood Jan 2
        Replying to @stringquintet @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Yes. Down with acceptable standards of living. Down with decency.

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      1. Non-Toxic Avenger 🗽 🍕‏ @Bugs_Meany Jan 1
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        "Femen": These are those ladies that take their clothes off and run around in public, correct? I applaud their work.

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