This Ben Carson Thing is Serious

[ProudLib72]

I'm probably skating on thin ice here, but this needs to be said.

The only reason tRump and the GOP picked him was to have a token black man on their side. His position gives the right wing a way to convey racist rhetoric that will be accepted because "a black man said it". He can normalize racism through the Uncle Tom stereotype. There are people like Samuel L Jackson who will call him out, but what about the tRump supporters who will never read what he tweeted or hear about how racist Carson was from a real news source? Carson's words demean Black history. They trivialize slavery. They set a dangerous precedent for tRumpers to follow.

[msongs]

1. most trump voters have no problem with any of these people or any of their actions nt

[ProudLib72]

5. I'll explain

Carson says something stupid because he kowtows to the right wing agenda. tRump supporters see this and believe that, since it comes from the Secretary of Housing (and a brain surgeon), it must be true. They adopt the narrative. Racism is further entrenched.

[Corgigal]

2. And HUD

and Carson is too stupid to see.

[MFM008]

3. of course

like Elaine Chou - oriental woman
DeVos- white woman
1 Hispanic guy...

donniee covering his bases.

[Missn-Hitch]

12. Dude, Asian-American. The proper nomenclature is Asian-American.

Had to. Sorry.

[MFM008]

13. Sorry

And that's miss not dude.

[mr_lebowski]

14. It's a 'Big Lebowski' reference ... although the correction was for using 'Chinaman' in the film

The Right-Winger (Sobchak) corrects the nomenclature of the Liberal of the movie (The Dude) for using the Un-PC term, then Sobchaks immediate next words are "Anyways, the Chinaman is not the issue, Dude".

Sorry for using the non-PC term ... just explaining the joke (ducks/hides)

[MFM008]

18. No problem

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. Every day, it gets worse. Now Carson is making it worse.

It's truly stunning that ANYONE would spend a second "normalizing" slavery. That's what Carson was doing. He was implying that being abducted and owned by white "masters" was, oh, an inconvenience on the way to immigration status, or that becoming a slave was/is a normal pathway on the road to citizenship. (?)

Ok, all you prominent media types, pick a number and wait your turn. There are no words that can describe Carson's depiction of slavery, but plenty will try.

[Cha]

17. Exaclty, Eyeball_Kid.. and yet carson said Obamacare was worse

than slavery in 2013.. so which is it?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/10/11/ben-carson-obamacare-worst-thing-since-slavery/?utm_term=.935259aedab7




True Dough http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8758476

[Tanuki]

6. He is also very popular with Evangelicals and homeschoolers.

[pangaia]

7. Just look at his FB wall sometime... yecheck....

[bravenak]

8. They teach this kinda shit at those home schools and other idiotic places

Like Betsy Devos' anti bellum schools system.

[Doodley]

9. Nothing has changed. We already knew Carson was racist. He's a black man who thinks he is

superior to other black men and women. We already knew that based on his previous racist comments.

[nocalflea]

10. Has this man no pride ?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. That, and it was payback. Didn't every nutcase get a job? I know Rudy nutty enough.

But, I hear you.

[BainsBane]

15. He picked Carson because he endorsed him for president

He decided he was a good fit for HUD because he was black.

That the very last thing Trump and the deplorables care about is what black people think.

[colorado_ufo]

16. Note Kellyann Conway

Sitting on the couch with her feet tucked under her - likely with her shoes off. In the middle of a reception. On her cell phone.

Check out the picture:

Who were the honored guests?

[wishstar]

19. Although many rightwing Trumpers already think blacks were better off under slavery than in Africa,

and I have heard white Repub "Christians" I know personally, defend slavery and claim that slaves were well treated by their owners, it is especially disturbing for Carson to use language that normalizes slavery by equating people forcibly brought to America as slaves with immigrants who chose to come here seeking freedom and opportunity.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. The GOP have always done that

there are examples.

Samuel Pierce (Raygun HUD Secretary)



http://www.csmonitor.com/1986/0127/ahud.html