Neil deGrasse Tyson Set Upon by Twitter Mob

Now we know what would happen if designated Scientist of Color Neil deGrasse Tyson were to say something reasonable. Reverence for his politically preferred pigmentation would go out the window and he would be set upon by a mob.

In the aftermath of the El Paso and Dayton shootings, the liberal establishment predictably launched itself into immediate exploitation overdrive, whipping the more impressionable sector of the public into a state of hysteria so as to weaponize it for deployment against gun rights and “white nationalists” — i.e., Republicans. Tyson coolly attempted to provide a little perspective by tweeting this:

In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings.

On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose…

500 to Medical errors
300 to the Flu
250 to Suicide
200 to Car Accidents
40 to Homicide via Handgun

Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) August 4, 2019

As if to prove his point, the mob came after him like a school of piranhas. A thoughtful response from the aptly named SF Bay Area band Smash Mouth read,

F*** OFF!!!! There’s your data!!!!

Looks like the media has some people right where it wants them — in a place reason can’t reach.

Tyson has of course issued the requisite cringing apology.

On a tip from KirklesWorth.

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