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In reply to the discussion: Mass shootings overblown? Neil deGrasse Tyson suggests that's the case... [View all]Judi Lynn
(160,515 posts)by now, if you have been watching a long time, some one is going to gallop out from under his rock to try to drag that statement to a forum to try to use to attrack other racists to attack the distinguished (uppity, in some eyes, apparently) person.
It ALWAYS happens, and Neil deGrasse Tyson has been attacked relentlessly by people posing as Democrats over the years. There are always fellow "great minds" desperate to launch, in their finest imitations of thoughtful commentary, their reasons that some man/woman of color is not nearly as "smart" as he/she thinks, and how much he or she sucks.
This tactic doesn't fool anyone, everyone sees it for what it is.
Nel deGrasse has every right in the world to make statements to whomever is interviewing him, or reading his comments. He continues to be incredibly intelligent, awakened, well-intentioned, and amazingly socially aware. I appreciate his comment "Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data," and I have no doubt at all he does NOT support every vicious clown in the country having his/her own armory at home.
Think twice, post once.