America has a political correctness problem and I’m sick of it.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
✔@neiltyson

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.

12:58 PM - Aug 4, 2019

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Somebody else wrote

"Even if Tyson’s data be correct, it’s simply insensitive to try to make a point like this when hundreds are people are grieving over the three mass shootings we’ve had in the last week. Further, as Vanderpool notes, there are powerful lobbies—most notably the National Rifle Association (NRA)—trying to keep guns, including assault rifles, in the hands of Americans."

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What I wrote:

Complaining about what Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote is nitpicking. I saw nothing wrong with it. Also, it was interesting. 200 killed every day by car accidents. That would explain why I lost one of my best friends recently.

America has a political correctness problem and I’m sick of it.