.@neiltyson @AmySequenzia No. Disappointed you'd tweet this. Don't appropriate disabled lives.
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@riotheatherrr ugh, "appropriate disabled lives" grow up. Stop imagining what isn't there. It's a fucking inoffensive pun, for christs sake. -
@TheSexBagel@riotheatherrr I don't understand why the fact that the earth has a north and a south pole is controversial. -
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@autist_avenger It's a double entendre. He was making a joke about the two poles of earth, comparing it to bipolar condition. That's why -
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@autist_avenger the tweet attracted a bunch more ableist (and sometimes ableist + misogynist) jokes from Dr. Tyson's followers. -
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@autist_avenger It's a tiresomely common trope to "humorously" compare things/events in nature to mental health conditions. -
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@autist_avenger Eg. "schizophrenic weather." - 6 more replies
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@neiltyson big fan of yours but sad to see this tweet.#mentalillness is not a joke.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson That's in poor taste.
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@SpaceAgNicole@neiltyson It's in very poor taste.
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@neiltyson mental health isn't a joke Neil. Mildly disappointed in your pun.#stigma - 2 more replies
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@neiltyson Should we dump a bunch of Zoloft down the throat of Mt. Vesuvius? - 1 more reply
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@neiltyson I used to date an 'Earth' - 1 more reply
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@neiltyson And we're clearly in the manic phase.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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