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86. Questioning someone's beliefs

Reply to okasha (Reply #85)

Thu Jan 1, 2015, 09:32 PM

Jan 2015

is not harassment, although I can understand why some would think that.

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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

Well the birthday the Christians like was upaloopa Dec 2014 #2

you're right, no biblical proof Jesus's birthday was December 25. SummerSnow Dec 2014 #80

Today is Johann Christian Poggendorff's birthday. rug Dec 2014 #3

Well, the guy has 'Christian' right in his name. EvilAL Dec 2014 #39

Lots of folks look for reasons to be offended. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Dec 2014 #11

There was nothing he said that was offensive or disrepsectful. LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #4

I agree. It was a cute and harmless little joke. cbayer Dec 2014 #12

Yes I do. LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #28

What you describe is so frequent on the internet and so easily challenged. cbayer Dec 2014 #46

I wasn't offended. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #5

I wouldn't expect you to be. Agree that it was cute. cbayer Dec 2014 #13

Sometimes people need a good poke and that is all he really did. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #16

What did you find "cute"? bvf Dec 2014 #20

The fact he did it on that day. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #21

What was he doing that you bvf Dec 2014 #24

Think? Did you really just tell me to think? hrmjustin Dec 2014 #25

Take it as proof okasha Dec 2014 #27

I for one don't take any pleasure bvf Dec 2014 #31

It's not a bad response to harrassment. okasha Jan 2015 #85

Questioning someone's beliefs bvf Jan 2015 #86

It's harrasment when it's persistent and hostile. okasha Jan 2015 #87

What do you find hostile bvf Jan 2015 #88

No research involved, just memory. okasha Jan 2015 #89

I don't really give a fig bvf Jan 2015 #90

Yes, I did. bvf Dec 2014 #29

You have yourself a good evening. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #30

You, too. n/t. bvf Dec 2014 #32

That day, edhopper Dec 2014 #42

Ok. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #43

THAT was the tweet that sent them all into a snit? tularetom Dec 2014 #6

That is it. We aren't doomed, those with no sense of humor at all are doomed. cbayer Dec 2014 #14

He certainly is enjoying the attention. TM99 Dec 2014 #7

Of course he is. He is a celebrity... cbayer Dec 2014 #15

You are horribly biased due to your 'crush' TM99 Dec 2014 #22

You are absolutely correct. cbayer Dec 2014 #23

BACK OFF CBAYER Skittles Dec 2014 #26

We'll see about that, ms. skittles. cbayer Dec 2014 #44

Fight! Fight! rug Dec 2014 #50

Actually, I'd put my money on her cbayer Dec 2014 #53

you want I should kick your scared ass, cbayer? Skittles Dec 2014 #66

You would have to find me first, hahahahahahaha! cbayer Dec 2014 #71

I fear the offense has more to do with Dr. Tyson's skin color than what he says. catbyte Dec 2014 #8

I have wondered about the role that race plays in his public life. cbayer Dec 2014 #17

There you go again. bvf Dec 2014 #19

Some people are simply intimidated by science bvf Dec 2014 #18

Why not? Do you deny it exists? catbyte Dec 2014 #37

No, I think race exists as a social construct. bvf Dec 2014 #54

Yes, I do. I don't think Sagan would be subjected to the same level of vitriol as Tyson is. catbyte Dec 2014 #55

But you concede that Sagan would be bvf Dec 2014 #56

Of course I agree that science and intelligence are vilified. How else to explain willfully ignorant catbyte Dec 2014 #67

And my point is that we are not talking about baggers. bvf Dec 2014 #68

Jesus spends time minding the pearly gates... 4139 Dec 2014 #9

+1000 (nt) LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #10

Jesus and Issac are very similar... DreamGypsy Dec 2014 #33

Jesus didn't have Michael Jackson as a son-in-law. rug Dec 2014 #35

No, but Michael Jackson is immortalized ... DreamGypsy Dec 2014 #36

You know about Leibniz cookies, don't you??? Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2014 #49

He's just pissed that in comparison with Sagan he's just a tiny flicker Leontius Dec 2014 #34

Oh gees! Really? nt longship Dec 2014 #38

Hee hee trotsky Dec 2014 #40

Thank you! TM99 Dec 2014 #41

Apparently you didn't know Sagan at all. He could be quite provocative. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #47

Actually edhopper Dec 2014 #45

Why does the fact that I don't think he's all that great Leontius Dec 2014 #58

What does that even mean, "I don't think he's all that great? cleanhippie Dec 2014 #64

You really don't think edhopper Dec 2014 #65

It's OK when Christians hate. trotsky Dec 2014 #70

I don't agree. I think he's a treasure at this point and doing more cbayer Dec 2014 #48

Hunh?? bvf Dec 2014 #69

My birthday is on Christmas Day Bjorn Against Dec 2014 #51

Well, happy belated birthday to you! cbayer Dec 2014 #52

She would have, if people didn't celebrate bvf Dec 2014 #57

I have always been attracted to men with, big... abakan Dec 2014 #59

Me, too, lol. cbayer Dec 2014 #60

If he really went for it... abakan Dec 2014 #61

I know. I would love to see him debate someone cbayer Dec 2014 #62

I'll bring the popcorn! nt abakan Dec 2014 #63

Yeah, I'm a believer Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #72

I guess certain parts of the Christian community edhopper Dec 2014 #73

There is a sector which is extremely intolerant, to put it mildly. cbayer Dec 2014 #74

Yeah edhopper Dec 2014 #75

One can see this in all kinds of groups and communities. cbayer Dec 2014 #76

True edhopper Dec 2014 #77

I do agree that they act more like petulant children than people cbayer Dec 2014 #78

Yes a lot of displaced anger edhopper Dec 2014 #79

Why the hate for some DU atheists? Leontius Jan 2015 #82

Pardon? I don't understand your question. cbayer Jan 2015 #83

I think we were talking about edhopper Jan 2015 #84

The only thing that was offensive about NdGT's tweet was that he bungled the history unrepentant progress Dec 2014 #81