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In reply to the discussion: Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why his Christmas tweet wasn’t ‘anti-Christian’ [View all]Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)11. Lots of folks look for reasons to be offended.
When life sucks, some folks come up with truly odd ways to keep themselves entertained.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why his Christmas tweet wasn’t ‘anti-Christian’ [View all]
cbayer
Dec 2014
OP
Only an ignorant asshole, or an ingnorant moron could be offended by that tweet.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#1
I fear the offense has more to do with Dr. Tyson's skin color than what he says.
catbyte
Dec 2014
#8
Yes, I do. I don't think Sagan would be subjected to the same level of vitriol as Tyson is.
catbyte
Dec 2014
#55
Of course I agree that science and intelligence are vilified. How else to explain willfully ignorant
catbyte
Dec 2014
#67
Apparently you didn't know Sagan at all. He could be quite provocative.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#47
The only thing that was offensive about NdGT's tweet was that he bungled the history
unrepentant progress
Dec 2014
#81