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DesertRat

(27,995 posts) Mon Apr 30, 2018, 09:01 AM Apr 2018

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson is spot on...

Link to tweet

When did it become okay to be more offended by what someone with no power says than by what someone with power does?

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson is spot on... (Original Post) DesertRat Apr 2018 OP

Kick and recommend. Doctor Tyson is brilliant. bronxiteforever Apr 2018 #1

Post removed Post removed Apr 2018 #20

Dr. Tyson and Michelle Wolf are true patriots and very brave. greatlaurel Apr 2018 #2

Yes and no. Cary Apr 2018 #3

Kick dalton99a Apr 2018 #4

The WHPC SUCKS.. Cha Apr 2018 #5

Acosta and Schultz are sooooo right. NoMoreRepugs Apr 2018 #18

It has always been easy to kick people of no power around randr Apr 2018 #6

K&R BlueJac Apr 2018 #7

K&R DLevine Apr 2018 #8

It's why conservative comedy tends to be an oxymoron... Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #9

I love this...stealing it SHRED Apr 2018 #10

No, you can't! It's mine... Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #24

+1 dalton99a Apr 2018 #14

Great question mcar Apr 2018 #11

Leave it to Dr Tyson to take it to the elemental nugget of truth. Clone this guy!!! marble falls Apr 2018 #12

K and R oasis Apr 2018 #13

K&R! gademocrat7 Apr 2018 #15

K&R onecent Apr 2018 #16

When? When Trump was elected. Nitram Apr 2018 #17

Yeah...it was what you might call a rhetorical question Insightus Apr 2018 #22

I guess mine was a rhetorical answer. Must remember to have a sense of humor, must remember to... Nitram Apr 2018 #30

Ryan fired a Chaplain for his political views .99center Apr 2018 #19

Those who are trashing Ms. Wolf Plucketeer Apr 2018 #21

Neil! Stellar Apr 2018 #23

I have a Neil deGrasse Tyson crush NastyRiffraff Apr 2018 #25

That's a man with a few neural pathways firing. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #26

Perfect! smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #27

K&R! Owl Apr 2018 #28

I agree with Professor Tyson Gothmog Apr 2018 #29

Tyson Kicks Ass Wiccan Priest Apr 2018 #31

Yes he does! DesertRat Apr 2018 #32

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2018 #34

K&R orangecrush Apr 2018 #33

I've been asking the same question since Saturday night misanthrope May 2018 #35

Just what I have wondered about this whole controversy. The difference between punching retread May 2018 #36

simply powerful words heaven05 May 2018 #37

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)

1. Kick and recommend. Doctor Tyson is brilliant.

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Mon Apr 30, 2018, 09:03 AM

Apr 2018

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greatlaurel

(2,004 posts)

2. Dr. Tyson and Michelle Wolf are true patriots and very brave.

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 09:10 AM

Apr 2018

Cary

(11,746 posts)

3. Yes and no.

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Mon Apr 30, 2018, 09:29 AM

Apr 2018

Who, exactly, is offended?

#fakepresident cult followers are offended because their cult leader tells them to be. What else is new?

dalton99a

(81,526 posts)

4. Kick

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 09:30 AM

Apr 2018

Cha

(297,323 posts)

5. The WHPC SUCKS..

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Mon Apr 30, 2018, 09:31 AM

Apr 2018

Link to tweet

NoMoreRepugs

(9,436 posts)

18. Acosta and Schultz are sooooo right.

Reply to Cha (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 30, 2018, 10:50 AM

Apr 2018

Let's take the gloves off and do your job media.

randr

(12,412 posts)

6. It has always been easy to kick people of no power around

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 09:43 AM

Apr 2018

BlueJac

(7,838 posts)

7. K&R

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 09:43 AM

Apr 2018

DLevine

(1,788 posts)

8. K&R

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 09:45 AM

Apr 2018

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

9. It's why conservative comedy tends to be an oxymoron...

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 09:56 AM

Apr 2018

Conservatives punch down. Progressives punch up.

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

10. I love this...stealing it

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #9)

Mon Apr 30, 2018, 10:18 AM

Apr 2018

Conservatives punch down. Progressives punch up.

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)

24. No, you can't! It's mine...

Reply to SHRED (Reply #10)

Mon Apr 30, 2018, 11:38 AM

Apr 2018

Have at it.

dalton99a

(81,526 posts)

14. +1

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #9)

Mon Apr 30, 2018, 10:27 AM

Apr 2018

mcar

(42,334 posts)

11. Great question

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 10:19 AM

Apr 2018

marble falls

(57,112 posts)

12. Leave it to Dr Tyson to take it to the elemental nugget of truth. Clone this guy!!!

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 10:24 AM

Apr 2018

oasis

(49,392 posts)

13. K and R

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 10:25 AM

Apr 2018

gademocrat7

(10,661 posts)

15. K&R!

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 10:31 AM

Apr 2018

onecent

(6,096 posts)

16. K&R

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 10:41 AM

Apr 2018

Nitram

(22,822 posts)

17. When? When Trump was elected.

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 10:44 AM

Apr 2018

Insightus

(15 posts)

22. Yeah...it was what you might call a rhetorical question

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 11:29 AM

Apr 2018

Nitram

(22,822 posts)

30. I guess mine was a rhetorical answer. Must remember to have a sense of humor, must remember to...

Reply to Insightus (Reply #22)

Mon Apr 30, 2018, 02:32 PM

Apr 2018

.99center

(1,237 posts)

19. Ryan fired a Chaplain for his political views

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Mon Apr 30, 2018, 11:03 AM

Apr 2018

Did the press hold him accountable for his blatant abuse of power? No, they gave him a skit at the WH correspondents dinner and painted him as a defender of free speech. Who exactly were they trying to unite?

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)

21. Those who are trashing Ms. Wolf

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 11:22 AM

Apr 2018

can't see the humor in her raw truth - even though THEY'RE the ones who put a joke in office in November of '16.

Stellar

(5,644 posts)

23. Neil!

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 11:34 AM

Apr 2018

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

25. I have a Neil deGrasse Tyson crush

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 11:54 AM

Apr 2018

I have it bad. This tweet doesn't help, Neil!

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)

26. That's a man with a few neural pathways firing.

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 12:13 PM

Apr 2018

I really, really like Dr. Tyson!

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

27. Perfect!

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 12:22 PM

Apr 2018

Owl

(3,642 posts)

28. K&R!

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 01:15 PM

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Gothmog

(145,344 posts)

29. I agree with Professor Tyson

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 01:56 PM

Apr 2018

Wiccan Priest

(14 posts)

31. Tyson Kicks Ass

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 06:36 PM

Apr 2018

Again!

Neil,

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

32. Yes he does!

Reply to Wiccan Priest (Reply #31)

Mon Apr 30, 2018, 08:06 PM

Apr 2018

Welcome to DU!

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orangecrush

(19,576 posts)

33. K&R

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 10:55 PM

Apr 2018

misanthrope

(7,418 posts)

35. I've been asking the same question since Saturday night

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Tue May 1, 2018, 05:35 AM

May 2018

especially after I first heard it said Wolf "bullied" Sanders. Isn't that like saying a four-year-old bullied LeBron James?

retread

(3,762 posts)

36. Just what I have wondered about this whole controversy. The difference between punching

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Tue May 1, 2018, 06:11 AM

May 2018

up or punching down.

heaven05

(18,124 posts)

37. simply powerful words

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Tue May 1, 2018, 08:22 AM

May 2018

kudos for the truth to Dr. Tyson

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