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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jan 15

    It used to be worse: 50 Years Ago, death tolls from war & racial violence dwarfed today’s. 1968 as it would look if reported today.https://nyti.ms/2FDWBB3 

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      1. N.G.McClernan‏ @ngmcclernan Jan 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        Pinker claims the nefarious media/university cabal prevents alt-right vulnerables from hearing "the truth" about things like crime statistics. Yet here's a piece by the NYTimes discussing crime stats. Could Pinker mean something else by "the truth"?https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/us/racial-disparity-traffic-stops-driving-black.html?_r=0 …

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      1. I Could Be Wrong‏ @dansblog1 Jan 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        And to the extent it's bad today, it's in no small part because people forget how--and why--it was worse 50 years ago

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      1. N.G.McClernan‏ @ngmcclernan Jan 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        Pinker makes it clear he does not consider race a social construct. When is he going to give us science-based descriptions of the "races" and who should be classified in which racial category? There's no excuse for being vague about it.

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      1. May Koln‏ @maykoln Jan 16
        Replying to @sapinker @faisalalmutar

        May Koln Retweeted Freedom House

        Tell that to people of Syria. Freedom in the world is declining for 12th year in a row and most people don't live in free countries. Technology and medicine has advanced but human nature has not changed.https://twitter.com/FreedomHouseDC/status/953205249434636294 …

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        NEW REPORT: #Democracy is in crisis around the world, with 2017 marking the 12th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. How free is your country? http://www.freedomintheworld.org  #FreedomReport pic.twitter.com/8iHKcNezeZ
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      1. Amadeus2123‏ @Amadeus2123 Jan 16
        Replying to @sapinker @jamesbmeigs

        It’s extremely disturbing that people are using the “it’s the calm before the storm” excuse. You could use that excuse any time numbers drop

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      1. Michael Walsh‏ @dkahanerules Jan 16
        Replying to @sapinker @jamesbmeigs

        I remember that year all too well.

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      1. ndread‏ @leftoperating Jan 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        Pinker, stumbling around after the collapse searching for water as a pack of wild dogs eyes him hungrily: 'things are getting better'

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      1. Kisanet Beyene‏ @KisanetBeyene77 Jan 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        There's a hidden premise in your argument regarding the risk of climate change. Care to address it?

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      1. glen pierce‏ @glenrpierce Jan 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        no one believes this .

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      1. paul kramarchyk‏ @paul_kramarchyk Jan 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        >50 Years Ago, death tolls from war & racial violence dwarfed today’s. Today is calm before the storm. Civil war is inevitable. To answer Lincoln's question: "..testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure?" No.

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      1. @treibers‏ @TreiberS Jan 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        it’s not that I don’t agree with you, it’s simply that it APPEARS you’re minimizing living ppls pain-or working against policies.

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      2. SilenusSancte‏ @SSilenus Jan 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        YOU ARE EVIL. PIKER. YOU ARE THE ELITE THAT WANT TO BRAINWASH THE PEOPLE. Brainwash Europeans into self destruction. You are the evil with a pretty smile.

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      3. paul kramarchyk‏ @paul_kramarchyk Jan 15
        Replying to @SSilenus @sapinker

        Bots need to change their brand of hard drives. Lots of parity errors.

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