DeGrasse High: Neil deGrasse Tyson Kicks Liberal *And* Conservative Ass On ‘Real Time’
Conservatives hate Neil deGrasse Tyson because he’s smarter than them, but on this week’s Real Time, the Cosmos host also proved he’s smarter than liberals, too.
The National Review‘s cover story this week features an article on the irrepressible astrophysicist headlined “Smarter Than Thou,” penned by Charles C.W. Cooke. To save you some time and money (the full article, sans paywall, is reposted here), Cooke essentially started with the lame punchline, “These are not the nerds you’re looking for,” and wrote an even lamer 2,000-word setup for it. Its popularity, though, is indicative of the collective inferiority complex of Cooke’s readership (as well as its racism).
DeGrasse Tyson demonstrated, this weekend, that he’s smarter than liberals and conservatives when he took on a variety pack of dumb shit on HBO’s Real Time. First, he punctured the liberal notion that if only we showed executions, Americans would rise up against the death penalty. He then calmly vaporized the conservative idea that the death penalty is right because murderers are really bad, you guys!
He also reminded Democracy Now‘s Amy Goodman that there has never been a time in history when public executions weren’t a huge hit with the public, and when conservative Fraggles Matt Kibbe and Hogan Gidley tried to remind deGrasse Tyson that murderers are bad, and that we’re better than murderers because we try not to make them suffer, he quietly reminded them of an even more surefire way to avoid being like murderers: by not killing.
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“Wouldn’t not killing them at all separate us even more?”
“It would be a statement that we are above the base level of conduct exhibited by the killer himself.”
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Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
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Suzanne McFly July 28th, 2014 at 10:37
I love me a smart man!!!!
Suzanne McFly July 28th, 2014 at 10:37
I love me a smart man!!!!
tiredoftea July 28th, 2014 at 11:47
NDT, making science cool one TV show at a time.
Hirightnow July 28th, 2014 at 11:52
Plus, he once saved Bill Nye’s ass in a rap battle…
R.J. Carter July 28th, 2014 at 14:43
And he never goes through Timmys unnecessarily.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM1S27fPUQY
tiredoftea July 28th, 2014 at 11:47
NDT, making science cool one TV show at a time.
Hirightnow July 28th, 2014 at 11:52
Plus, he once saved Bill Nye’s ass in a rap battle…
R.J. Carter July 28th, 2014 at 14:43
And he never goes through Timmys unnecessarily.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM1S27fPUQY
Eric Trommater July 28th, 2014 at 12:06
Neil deGrasse Tyson once made a very interesting point about both parties when he pointed out that Republican administrations actually provide more funding for science than Democratic ones. His point was that scientists don’t really care which party the money comes from as long as their research is being funded.
Dwendt44 July 28th, 2014 at 12:33
The difference seems to be that Republicans want a whole mess of strings attached to their scientific funding-what can be studied, who gets to release the results-IF it’s released, etc…..
Eric Trommater July 28th, 2014 at 12:41
Both sides do that, it’s the natural outgrowth of politics in science. Democratic administrations are notorious for cutting NASA funding. Republican administrations don’t finance life sciences nearly at the rate of of Democrats. Overall Tyson’s point was more about the fact that science isn’t in the business of picking winners and losers and the results are the same no matter who funds the project.
No one is going to give you money to prove something in which they don’t believe.
R.J. Carter July 28th, 2014 at 14:39
So THAT’S what happened to the Water-Fueled Car!
Eric Trommater July 28th, 2014 at 12:06
Neil deGrasse Tyson once made a very interesting point about both parties when he pointed out that Republican administrations actually provide more funding for science than Democratic ones. His point was that scientists don’t really care which party the money comes from as long as their research is being funded.
Dwendt44 July 28th, 2014 at 12:33
The difference seems to be that Republicans want a whole mess of strings attached to their scientific funding-what can be studied, who gets to release the results-IF it’s released, etc…..
Eric Trommater July 28th, 2014 at 12:41
Both sides do that, it’s the natural outgrowth of politics in science. Democratic administrations are notorious for cutting NASA funding. Republican administrations don’t finance life sciences nearly at the rate of of Democrats. Overall Tyson’s point was more about the fact that science isn’t in the business of picking winners and losers and the results are the same no matter who funds the project.
No one is going to give you money to prove something in which they don’t believe.
R.J. Carter July 28th, 2014 at 14:39
So THAT’S what happened to the Water-Fueled Car!
Dwendt44 July 28th, 2014 at 12:36
Of course, every study I’m aware of shows that it’s cheaper to give a life sentence without parole than carrying out the death penalty.
Then to, with over 100 death row inmates being proven innocent should give us pause. Texas has killed at least one innocent man so far, and who knows how many were actually innocent in that kill crazed state.
Dwendt44 July 28th, 2014 at 12:36
Of course, every study I’m aware of shows that it’s cheaper to give a life sentence without parole than carrying out the death penalty.
Then to, with over 100 death row inmates being proven innocent should give us pause. Texas has killed at least one innocent man so far, and who knows how many were actually innocent in that kill crazed state.
craig7120 July 28th, 2014 at 12:40
He is on my wish list of dinner guests of famous notables during my brief dose of reality called consciousness. Reason is, I imagine he’s an excellent topic starter.
Dude’s funny
DesertSun59 July 28th, 2014 at 15:29
The man is a freakin’ national treasure.
DesertSun59 July 28th, 2014 at 15:29
The man is a freakin’ national treasure.