{"id":1157871,"date":"2021-12-26T14:49:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T19:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1157871"},"modified":"2021-12-26T14:49:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T19:49:56","slug":"neil-degrinch-tyson-astrophysicist-neil-degrasse-tyson-dragged-for-sucking-the-magic-out-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neil-degrinch-tyson-astrophysicist-neil-degrasse-tyson-dragged-for-sucking-the-magic-out-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Neil DeGrinch Tyson\u2019: Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson Dragged For Sucking The Magic Out Of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fneil-degrinch-tyson-astrophysicist-neil-degrasse-tyson-dragged-for-sucking-the-magic-out-of-christmas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1157871&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Acclaimed astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson became the subject of ridicule after he spent most of the day Christmas Eve offering scientific explanations debunking the holiday myths that delight and amuse kids worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/neil-degrasse-tyson-santa-doesnt-know-zoology-rudolph-was-misgendered\/\">Tyson<\/a> began with the North Pole, saying that artist\u2019s renderings that showed Santa\u2019s village were not geographically accurate because the actual North Pole is in the Arctic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the Northern Arctic is just ocean, Santa\u2019s North Pole workshop has only ever existed on a floating sheet of ice,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cImages that portray Santa\u2019s workshop with pine trees and snow-capped hills on the horizon are geographically underinfomred[sic].\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Since the Northern Arctic is just ocean, Santa\u2019s North Pole workshop has only ever existed on a floating sheet of ice.<\/p>\n<p>Images that portray Santa\u2019s workshop with pine trees and snow-capped hills on the horizon are geographically underinfomred. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zyGpAPfMAt\">pic.twitter.com\/zyGpAPfMAt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/1474417081986650115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey do not want anyone to have fun, especially kids. Neil deGrinch Tyson,\u201d actor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewdmarsden\/status\/1474572752036286469\">Matthew Marsden<\/a> replied.<\/p>\n<p>Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattOswaltVA\/status\/1474516664817389568\">Matt Oswalt<\/a> added, \u201cNow gather \u2019round kids and let me tell you the real story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. We begin in Chernobyl\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBOOM: Neil deGrasse Tyson makes little girl cry by trashing her Christmas drawing. \u201cMaybe one day you\u2019ll learn geography and won\u2019t draw terrible pictures, sweetie,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neontaster\/status\/1474485018462650368\">Noam Blum<\/a> replied.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/neil-degrasse-tyson-to-shapiro-transgender-athletes-leave-the-future-of-sports-unresolved\/\">Tyson<\/a> continued with a dig at Santa\u2019s weight, suggesting that kids should leave carrot and celery sticks for the famously-round jolly old elf in an effort to help him shed a few unhealthy pounds: \u201cIf people left carrots, celery, &amp; hot tea for Santa on the table instead of milk &amp; cookies, I bet he\u2019d be much, much thinner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If people left carrots, celery, &amp; hot tea for Santa on the table instead of milk &amp; cookies, I bet he\u2019d be much, much thinner. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HBIsNmMjx1\">pic.twitter.com\/HBIsNmMjx1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/1474454834807930882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not just leave him meth? He\u2019d be thin as a rail and get twice as many presents delivered,\u201d was one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrdinaryGamers\/status\/1475131947450044420\">reply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Writer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelharriot\/status\/1474909908562845698\">Michael Harriot<\/a> offered an explanation, adding, \u201cThe extra weight keeps him warm in the North Pole and provides balance for the sleigh since the back is loaded with toys. Plus, on one night a year, he actually burns all those carbs You must have missed that day in physics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/watch-andrew-klavan-interviews-neil-degrasse-tyson-daily-wire\/\">Tyson<\/a> then pivoted to bring climate change into the discussion, claiming that Santa would one day lose his home entirely and someone would likely find him clinging for dear life to a shrinking ice-floe.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As Earth warms, and Arctic ice melts, Santa will lose his habitat too. We may one day see photos of him clutched to an ice floe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JSILAbHHB8\">pic.twitter.com\/JSILAbHHB8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/1474461624962592769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tyson went on to address the physics of Santa\u2019s one-night journey around the world, arguing that the laws of physics dictate the sleigh \u2014 along with Santa, his reindeer, and all the gifts \u2014 would vaporize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Santa to deliver gifts to all world\u2019s Christians in one night requires hypersonic speeds through Earth\u2019s lower atmosphere, vaporizing his reindeer &amp; sleigh,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For Santa to deliver gifts to all world\u2019s Christians in one night requires hypersonic speeds through Earth\u2019s lower atmosphere, vaporizing his reindeer &amp; sleigh.<\/p>\n<p>Just sayin\u2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ONkW4HyBYa\">pic.twitter.com\/ONkW4HyBYa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/1474494340512636930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks for clearing that up for us,\u201d actress <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gates_mcfadden\/status\/1474918620174041088\">Gates McFadden<\/a> (\u201cStar Trek: The Next Generation\u201d) replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike Santa is limited by Newtonian physics,\u201d film and television producer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/franklinleonard\/status\/1474738580807368711\">Franklin Leonard<\/a> added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen how do you explain all these f***ing presents, Neil,\u201d author <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimMFelton\/status\/1474653941996699656\">James Felton<\/a> asked.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson\u2019s next tweet also focused on the reindeer, as he noted that because male reindeer shed their antlers in the fall, Rudolf has been \u201cmisgendered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Santa doesn\u2019t know Zoology:<\/p>\n<p>Both male &amp; female Reindeer grow antlers. But all male Reindeer lose their antlers in the late fall, well-before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>So Santa\u2019s reindeer, which all sport antlers, are therefore all female, which means Rudolf has been misgendered. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/03skVxyYRE\">pic.twitter.com\/03skVxyYRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/1474541148928716805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are like bad rightwing satire,\u201d writer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadfelixg\/status\/1474758035377733632\">Chad Felix Green<\/a> replied, although the most common response to Tyson\u2019s tweet was that it was obvious Rudolf was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kimpossiblefact\/status\/1474888403791454209\">transgender<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Several of those commenting noted that Tyson posts a similar thread every Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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