Monday, August 5, 2019

Tactlessness on Twitter




I don't think Neil DeGrasse Tyson should apologize at all. In fact, I think he should keep talking. People on the internet love to blather endlessly about "science" and "facts" like they're walking around in lab coats carrying beakers and safety goggles in their pockets 24 hours a day,  until they see science and facts they don't like, delivered by people they may or may not agree with.  Maybe he - or more likely whatever intern is in charge of his Twitter account - was a bit clumsy in their delivery but 50 - FIFTY - people were shot in Chicago just this past weekend with at least seven killed, and so far, I haven't heard a peep out of anyone about that. Why is that?