Re: [dinosaur] Prehistoric Road Trip,Tiny Teeth, Fearsome Beasts

[Ruben Safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com>]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 11:01:12AM -0700, Wendell Ricketts wrote:
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> [mailto:dinosaur-l-request@mymaillists.usc.edu] On Behalf Of Ruben Safir
> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 10:08 PM
> To: Terry Davis Jr
> Cc: dinosaur-l@mymaillists.usc.edu
> Subject: Re: [dinosaur] Prehistoric Road Trip,Tiny Teeth, Fearsome Beasts
> 
> > As you are a "Lay Person" I will tell you that 
> >paleontology is not a "progressive" topic.  
> 
> I'm just leaving this here to be contemplated and, most likely, later to
> serve as an example of a message that "didn't age well," 

Life goes through cycles.  After this current book burning spree is done,
and people are scared to death of the rising crime and chaos, and the
body count rises in minitority communities, that particular post will likely 
age very well.  It will be obvious to future generations what a 
failed attempt this show represented to shove progressive politics through 
science
programming, creating inferior product.

All that is missing is dinosaurs and trains, that someone once mashed
together.

I went back and reread the original post and all it suggested was that
the attempt to shove so many people of a specific demographic, mostly
white women, that it failed to provide quality content and it did a
disservice to minorities.  I read nothing evil in the original post.  It
was logical, and well stated.  The response, including yours, is
outragous.  As for any test of time, your really living in your own
bubble if you think the hysterical response will term out looking better 
over time.  I suppose if you think that we will all tern out to be
progressives in the future fighting for communist social justice, then
you draw that conclusion.  But most of us that went through the 60's,
70's and 80's, not to mention the 1990's, we have seen how inevitably
self preservation pushed politics to the middle.

Reuvain