The main problem with Pinker is that he used his status at Harvard and position as a linguist in a twisted legal assist for Jeffrey Epstein — a defense that allowed Epstein to rape more kids. @LingSocAm should care about corruption in deciding who to honor. https://twitter.com/CantlonLab/status/1280329307047497731">https://twitter.com/CantlonLa...

The second problem with Pinker is that he used his power to write a threatening public letter opposing a graduate student, Monica Morrison, who complained that her PhD advisor was sexually harassing her — he was Pinker’s friend. Her case:

https://www.themiamihurricane.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Morrison-Complaint-2.pdf

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Here is the link to the full letter, which threatens to bring other established academics at FIRE against her complaint: https://web.archive.org/web/20160313044645/http://mcginn.philospot.com/index.php?story=story130620-193840">https://web.archive.org/web/20160...