I continue to be amazed by how an intelligent former neurosurgeon like Ben Carson can regularly come across as both delusional and moronic. It seems that whenever the GOP candidate gets asked about something he dislikes, he feels the need to compare it to either the Holocaust or slavery.
When he was asked about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), what'd he compare it to? Slavery.
When he was asked about gun control, what'd he compare it to? The Holocaust.
Just this past Sunday, when Meet the Press host Chuck Todd asked Carson about abortion, here's what one of the GOP front-runners had to say:
"Think about this. During slavery - and I know that one of those words you're not supposed to say - but I'm saying it. During slavery, a lot of the slave owners thought they had the right to do whatever they wanted to that slave, anything that they chose to do. And what if the abolitionists had said, 'You know, I don't believe in slavery, I think it's wrong. But you guys do whatever you want to do.' Where would we be?"
That's right, Ben Carson compared abortion to slavery. Carson's statement is idiotic on multiple fronts, but especially when it comes to the unintentional irony within it. He more specifically compares women who undergo abortions to slave-owners, because "...they thought they had the right to do whatever they wanted to that slave, anything that they chose to do." Outside of the belief that women shouldn't be told what they can or can't do with their bodies once they become pregnant, what's one of the pro-choice community's most uttered arguments to uphold the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling? That, in the cases of rape, incest, or health issues, women shouldn't be forced to go through with a pregnancy. In other words, some of these "slave-owners," as Ben Carson might refer to them, were violently forced to have sex with men whom impregnated them. Using Carson's analogy, these "slave-owners" only became "slave-owners" by unwillingly being men's "slaves." That'd be like to say an actual slave-owner became that way by being a slave. Yes, twisted logic to say the least.
Ben Carson was right about one thing. When he said, "During slavery - and I know that one of those words you're not supposed to say...," he may want to take his own advice. When one feels the urge to compare something to the Holocaust or slavery, it's best to keep their mouths shut, because whatever they're thinking about saying, it'll make them come across as both delusional and moronic, which is how Ben Carson came across here and at many other points over the course of his campaign.
Since I highly doubt Mr. Carson will heed his own his own advice, expect him to say the following things at some point during primary season:
- "You know, if the Jews didn't have to pay taxes, that Hitler guy would have never had them killed."
- "When I think about atheism and people not following the rules of a sacred book like the Bible, the first word that pops to mind is slavery."
- "When you think about it, Benghazi was a lot like the Holocaust."
- "Slaves didn't own guns, so if you don't own a gun, you're basically a slave."
- "What do Planned Parenthood, slavery, and the Holocaust have in common? Everything!"
http://gawker.com/reasonable-person-ben-carson-compares-women-seeking-abo-1738559113
When he was asked about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), what'd he compare it to? Slavery.
When he was asked about gun control, what'd he compare it to? The Holocaust.
Just this past Sunday, when Meet the Press host Chuck Todd asked Carson about abortion, here's what one of the GOP front-runners had to say:
"Think about this. During slavery - and I know that one of those words you're not supposed to say - but I'm saying it. During slavery, a lot of the slave owners thought they had the right to do whatever they wanted to that slave, anything that they chose to do. And what if the abolitionists had said, 'You know, I don't believe in slavery, I think it's wrong. But you guys do whatever you want to do.' Where would we be?"
That's right, Ben Carson compared abortion to slavery. Carson's statement is idiotic on multiple fronts, but especially when it comes to the unintentional irony within it. He more specifically compares women who undergo abortions to slave-owners, because "...they thought they had the right to do whatever they wanted to that slave, anything that they chose to do." Outside of the belief that women shouldn't be told what they can or can't do with their bodies once they become pregnant, what's one of the pro-choice community's most uttered arguments to uphold the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling? That, in the cases of rape, incest, or health issues, women shouldn't be forced to go through with a pregnancy. In other words, some of these "slave-owners," as Ben Carson might refer to them, were violently forced to have sex with men whom impregnated them. Using Carson's analogy, these "slave-owners" only became "slave-owners" by unwillingly being men's "slaves." That'd be like to say an actual slave-owner became that way by being a slave. Yes, twisted logic to say the least.
Ben Carson was right about one thing. When he said, "During slavery - and I know that one of those words you're not supposed to say...," he may want to take his own advice. When one feels the urge to compare something to the Holocaust or slavery, it's best to keep their mouths shut, because whatever they're thinking about saying, it'll make them come across as both delusional and moronic, which is how Ben Carson came across here and at many other points over the course of his campaign.
Since I highly doubt Mr. Carson will heed his own his own advice, expect him to say the following things at some point during primary season:
- "You know, if the Jews didn't have to pay taxes, that Hitler guy would have never had them killed."
- "When I think about atheism and people not following the rules of a sacred book like the Bible, the first word that pops to mind is slavery."
- "When you think about it, Benghazi was a lot like the Holocaust."
- "Slaves didn't own guns, so if you don't own a gun, you're basically a slave."
- "What do Planned Parenthood, slavery, and the Holocaust have in common? Everything!"
http://gawker.com/reasonable-person-ben-carson-compares-women-seeking-abo-1738559113
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