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Cooley Hurd

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1. Dr Tyson is JUST such an amazing person!!!

Reply to ErikJ (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2014, 04:03 PM

Jul 2014

Last edited Sun Jul 27, 2014, 02:01 PM - Edit history (1)

Regardless of race (it saddens the fuck out of me to have to post that preamble), he is such a clear and clever human being. We need MORE Dr Tysons and FEWER science deniers (BTW, "science deniers" are, by definition, anti-science).

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Maher to Neil deGrasse Tyson: Republicans hate you for being black and smarter than them [View all] ErikJ Jul 2014 OP

Dr Tyson is JUST such an amazing person!!! Cooley Hurd Jul 2014 #1

Fewer, not less. (Sorry, it's my newest pet peeve.) valerief Jul 2014 #22

Corrected. Cooley Hurd Jul 2014 #25

Wow, you're fast! nt valerief Jul 2014 #26

I like being corrected! Cooley Hurd Jul 2014 #27

Me, too!!! valerief Jul 2014 #28

Yup. It was the smart blacks that were the ones they considered a threat and were lynched. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #2

If slaves were caught reading they would get 50 lashes. ErikJ Jul 2014 #3

They also would identify the popular ones and make an example of them. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #4

But say this to most Republicans, and you'll get "but...but...Hermain Cain! Condoleeza Rice!" bbernardini Jul 2014 #5

It has always amazed me that some todays African-Americans support the Republican Party. olegramps Jul 2014 #8

To borrow your wording: rickyhall Jul 2014 #13

Yes, Yes !!!! olegramps Jul 2014 #31

They LOVE their token blacks who condone that their racism is OK. ErikJ Jul 2014 #10

Justice Thomas doesn't have to open his mouth on the job and he's rewarded valerief Jul 2014 #23

They believe the only racism that's REAL is reverse racism. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #11

Love him! silverweb Jul 2014 #6

Wow! I think that Tyson belongs to my personal religion. JDPriestly Jul 2014 #7

The oneness expresses itself in a beautiful way. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #9

Wonderful! JDPriestly Jul 2014 #15

Yes! ^^^^ eom LittleGirl Jul 2014 #12

Dr. T was really good last night. Even the two RW nuts kept their mouths shut. Hoyt Jul 2014 #14

The two RW nuts looked really bothered when Amy Goodman talked about waging peace. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2014 #16

I like Tyson's ending statement just as it was cutoff, all life is connected and Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #17

We are all connected... longship Jul 2014 #18

The National Review was founded by William F. Buckley Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #19

1800's London, Wordsworth saidsimplesimon Jul 2014 #21

I'm pleased you recognized the literary allusion Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #30

Amy Goodman made a joke after Tyson mistakenly said 50 years ecstatic Jul 2014 #20

I loved the new Cosmos series. Miss it. Now, I'm getting my weekly TV learning fix from valerief Jul 2014 #24

this takes away from Tyson, imo Enrique Jul 2014 #29