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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker May 12

    NYT’s Michelle Goldberg makes a similar argument to the one I made at the Spiked event at Harvard last fall on PC enabling Trump. How the Online Left Fuels the Righthttps://nyti.ms/2G6N4S7 

    2:16 PM - 12 May 2018
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      2. matt thornton‏ @aliveness_ape May 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        “Ezra Klein recently demonstrated how progressives can engage with ideas they abhor in his two-hour dialogue with Sam Harris...Klein appears to have put a lot of patient work into the debate...” Goldberg didn’t bother to listen to the podcast, or she’s insincere. Sloppy thinking

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      2. Adam Tondowsky‏ @136or142 May 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        So, conservatives aren't responsible for their own behaviors or attitudes? How ironic.

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      3. Andy Brice‏ @andybrice May 12
        Replying to @136or142 @sapinker

        Of course they are. But their opponents also have a choice about whether they elevate the conversation and pull politics in a constructive direction. Or give into base tribalistic instincts and make the whole thing worse.

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Adam Tondowsky‏ @136or142 May 12
        Replying to @andybrice @sapinker

        Nearly 66 million people voted for Hillary Clinton. I have no idea how you could control them. Different people are going to do what they want.

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      1. Aaron Berdofe‏ @aaronberdofe May 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Seems like Russian twitter bots are fueling the far right with false narratives about the left more than the online left.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/11/what-we-found-facebook-ads-russians-accused-election-meddling/602319002/ …

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      1. Ian McDonald‏ @Bigscouser May 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        I'd suggest a little too broad with the alt-right brush. If the left continue to paint people who sound reasonable as "alt-right", they'll make "alt-right" seem reasonable.

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      2. Night ⛧ Destiny‏ @WingTransparent May 13
        Replying to @sapinker

        Night ⛧ Destiny Retweeted Night ⛧ Destiny

        Remember that time you were being paid by the Koch Brothers to say positive things about the alt-right?https://twitter.com/WingTransparent/status/952593683651670016 …

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        Night ⛧ Destiny @WingTransparent
        One thing that people are missing about the Steven Pinker controversy is that when he praised the Alt-Right he was speaking at a panel hosted by 'Learn Liberty'. Learn Liberty is a project by IHS, a libertarian organization that's funded by the Koch Brothers. #AltRight #Koch pic.twitter.com/VngehNgRt0
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      3. Hermann Fegelein‏ @RealHFegelein May 14
        Replying to @WingTransparent @sapinker

        What are you saying? "Whose bread you eat, his song you sing?" When has THAT ever been true???

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      4. Night ⛧ Destiny‏ @WingTransparent May 14
        Replying to @RealHFegelein

        First time I heard that expression. I think it's up to you to decide what you get from it.

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      2. Aaron and Rebekah‏ @Flesh_Pleasures May 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        This is the first time I've seen you be dead wrong. Harris defended his work, but if Murray's work is legitimate, which seems likely, there is nothing wrong with defending it.

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      1. Martin Lavin‏ @Real_SF May 14
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        Sapinker,, Jordan Peterson?

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      1. Helvering Davis‏ @low_tex May 13
        Replying to @sapinker

        The online left should just not care. Sure a million things are fueling Trump.

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      2. Aaron Scholz‏ @thedonkeywalrus May 13
        Replying to @notmyusername13 @sapinker

        Maybe... you're the stupid one... think about it if you can

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      3. Hermann Fegelein‏ @RealHFegelein May 14
        Replying to @thedonkeywalrus @notmyusername13 @sapinker

        The only true stupidity is pointing out stupidity.

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      2. eli rabett‏ @EthonRaptor May 13
        Replying to @sapinker @MagWes

        Benghazi! Uranium 1! Her emails. TAN SUITS.

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      3. Magnus Westerstrand‏ @MagWes May 13
        Replying to @EthonRaptor @sapinker

        The trick is not to piss of every potential center voter

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      4. eli rabett‏ @EthonRaptor May 13
        Replying to @MagWes @sapinker

        Right, and who is stirring them up with a pile of crap.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Magnus Westerstrand‏ @MagWes May 13
        Replying to @EthonRaptor @sapinker

        From the outside it looks like an internal war

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