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beam me up scottie

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57. Except he didn't say that all wars were caused by cultural differences. He didn't even mention war.

Tue Apr 18, 2017, 05:36 PM

Apr 2017

Your claim:

His statement doesn't stand up to an amateur's understanding of the history of warfare. Julius Caesar didn't enslave and subjugate millions of Gauls and then fight a civil war because those people are of different cultures/languages. I can sit here all day reciting hundreds of the biggest wars in history and proving they had nothing to do with different languages or cultures. It's a really ignorant, indefensible statement.

NDT tweeted:

Humans have multiple languages & cultures and we kill one another because of it.

Nothing in there about the history of warfare.

At all.

So how can this be an "ignorant, indefensible statement" when he never stated that?

Are you going to claim that human beings don't kill each other over cultural differences?

I agree with the other poster, you seem to have something against Tyson because you keep misrepresenting his statements.

And I'm not a member of his fan club. I don't think Neil DeGrasse Tyson is in the same league as Carl Sagan or Brian Cox but I'm not going to condemn him for a tweet.

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My opinion get the red out Apr 2017 #9

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We certainly don't know get the red out Apr 2017 #14

My strong opinion as well sammythecat Apr 2017 #36

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Agreed. If there are any aliens near us with our brainpower LittleBlue Apr 2017 #23

He didn't say that was the cause of all murder. nt greyl Apr 2017 #6

You can't be serious. nt StubbornThings Apr 2017 #7

Seems serious to me jberryhill Apr 2017 #13

Stating we kill each other because of A does not also deny we kill each other due to B. LanternWaste Apr 2017 #32

Humans kill each other for a wide variety of reasons jberryhill Apr 2017 #35

It's a tweet. It's meant to make people think, not explain all of recorded history. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #19

It's simplistic crappola LittleBlue Apr 2017 #24

What a lovely urban legend ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #30

Right? beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #38

Errr okay here's the link LittleBlue Apr 2017 #44

LOL. "defending scientology" He said it was no more crazy than other religions. And he was right. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #49

Jeez what a nothing burger ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #50

Me: He's wrong now and he's made mistakes before LittleBlue Apr 2017 #51

I never thought he hadn't ever made a mistake ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #54

Then why are you rebutting me when I'm defending myself against LittleBlue Apr 2017 #55

Except he didn't say that all wars were caused by cultural differences. He didn't even mention war. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #57

The largest mass killings in history are due to warfare LittleBlue Apr 2017 #59

Again he didn't mention mass killings or warfare. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #62

I read if differently based on his past statements LittleBlue Apr 2017 #65

How is what he posted untrue? beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #66

I think NDT is quite openly anti-religion ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #69

Not as anti-religion as many claim. He's very supportive of religious beliefs in general. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #70

I dont give two figs about NDT ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #64

I am also not sure why this is the hill you want to die on ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #63

I read it differently LittleBlue Apr 2017 #67

none of what is true? ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #68

I think his entire perception of conflict is wrong LittleBlue Apr 2017 #71

greed is certainly a motivating factor ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #72

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Only if you want a simplistic worldview where human beings are mostly stupid animals LittleBlue Apr 2017 #26

It's fun to pretend his tweets are the totality of his work. LanternWaste Apr 2017 #33

Who did that? LittleBlue Apr 2017 #40

Irony. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #43

Link? LittleBlue Apr 2017 #45

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