The online anger aimed at Mr. Pinker provides a perfect case study. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. By that same token, he says, “the majority of domestic terrorism is committed by right-wing extremist groups,” not Muslims. In this case: “Steven Pinker said the alt-right is good! We must defend this principle!”This is making us dumber.

Source: New York Times January 12, 2018 00:33 UTC