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Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains His Christmas Tweet

Posted by samzenpus on from the using-his-words dept.

140Mandak262Jamuna writes Neil DeGrasse Tyson tweeted on christmas day what appeared to begin as a tribute to Infant Jesus, but ended up celebrating Isaac Newton. Apparently this was retweeted some 77000 times, far above his average of 3.5K retweets and caused many to be angry. He doubled down on it by tweeting about people being offended by objective truths. Then wrote a fuller explanation.

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  1. Eh by halivar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone has the right to mock, and everyone has the right to be offended. Some mocking is silly, and some offense-taking is silly. As a dispassionate third party observer, I'm having a hard time deciding why I should care about this episode.

    But still, never forgiving him for Pluto. Next time pick on a planet big enough to fight back, tough guy.

    1. Re:Eh by Stormwatch · · Score: 5, Funny

      But still, never forgiving him for Pluto. Next time pick on a planet big enough to fight back, tough guy.

      But if Pluto was bigger, it would actually be a planet.

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