Posted on 08/05/2019 9:03:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Edited on 08/05/2019 9:34:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
After the horrific mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson angered the internet by putting the number of deaths in perspective.
"In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings," Tyson wrote. "On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose
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Well give credit where credit is due!
An unexpected rational voice.
Plenty of F bombs in that piece.
Even he gets it.
Now he will get it!........!!
Poor babies. Cannot accept facts.
Dr Tyson is 100% correct in this case. However, he now incurs the wrath of the progressives. Which is even worse than the wrath of Kahn.
I have often thought about data like this. It used to be taught in schools for example Drivers Ed. I don’t see a mad rush to go ban cars.
This was a glaring light on this entire situation.
“The very fact that the American public and the media freak out at these shootings provides a disgusting incentive for the unhinged terrorists to keep them up. If a marginalized angry individual knows he can drum up attention by committing an evil act, he is more likely to do it.”
The salacious and voracious media is as much to blame as any of the people that pull the trigger.
The social fabric of this country is shredded and just when I didn’t think it could get any worse more of this stuff hits..
Sort of puts it in perspective.
RE: Plenty of F bombs in that piece.
Obscenities are the last bastion of those who do not have reason on their side.
BAN GUN CONTROL
Mass shooting violence occurs in Democrat Gun Control zones.
Nullify all gun control.
Imprison elite donors pushing gun control.
Never like d the guy, but he’s right here.
Needs editing
This is really not the time to be the smug counterfactual guy. Medical errors don’t evolve into ethnic cleansing. The flu didn’t lynch black people to keep them from voting. You’re ridiculously blithe to the implications of ideology-driven violence
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The only ideology driven violence that I have seen is Islamic.
But we can’t talk about that......
.....”An unexpected rational voice”....
Indeed it is...of course the leftist media can’t stand such reasoning as it doesn’t play into their desire to disarm the nation..nor their desire for hyping the news cycles 24/7.....
Liberals, socialist politicians and news media continue to heat up the political atmosphere to the limit...and love doing so.
Therefore a blast of fresh air as this article brings is long overdue!
.....”An unexpected rational voice”....
Indeed it is...of course the leftist media can’t stand such reasoning as it doesn’t play into their desire to disarm the nation..nor their desire for hyping the news cycles 24/7.....
Liberals, socialist politicians and news media continue to heat up the political atmosphere to the limit...and love doing so.
Therefore a blast of fresh air as this article brings is long overdue!
Oh, and if Ayn Rand is wrong on a bunch of stuff, in that case its OK because we can "filter the bad stuff out". But NOT for Nye! Scumbag!
bkmk
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