GOP hopefuls, part 5: Ben Carson

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]

Since he's apparently now a frontrunner, it's time to take a swing at do a post on Ben Carson.



Despite being a truly brilliant (no sarcasm here, folks) brain surgeon, Dr. Carson has a track record of saying some pretty outrageous things.

Like this:



And these little zingers aimed at women:





And don't even get him started on LGBT issues.



Because being gay is a choice, y'all.



Of course, he did try to weasel out of that last one...sort of.



Yep, he just keeps 'em coming....



And let's not forget the whole hypocrisy issue.



You just can't stop yourself, can you, Dr. Carson?



That's right, you're a brain surgeon. And you belong in the operating room, where you can make a REAL contribution to the human race.

Comments

[madam-shapo.livejournal.com]

Except the first one, all the rest is very racist.

[compost75.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahah. No.

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]

Lolwhut?

The whole point of this post is things he has SAID--and THAT he said them. All of the quotes referenced in these images are very well documented as things that he HAS said, in public, in front of lots and lots of people, that are outrageous, ridiculous, offensive, stupid, and/or all of the above. His race is completely BESIDE the point.

The fact that he's African American does NOT give him a pass to say whatever he wants and not get called on it when he's wrong.

[madam-shapo.livejournal.com]

So, if somebody criticizes Obama, then he must be racist, but in this case it's Ok. Why is that?

[telemann.livejournal.com]

So, if someone answers a point you've raised, you typically ignore it and never stop asking (often) misleading questions. Why do you do that?

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, good luck getting an answer to that one, Telemann! ;-p

[madam-shapo.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I can't answer, because I promised not to answer you. What's with editing with no changes?

[telemann.livejournal.com]

What?

[madam-shapo.livejournal.com]

If you remember, I told you that will not reply until you apologize.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

PROMISE?

[madam-shapo.livejournal.com]

OG, you are so boring, every time I do not to react, you keep sending me replies, it never ends, then you pretend you don't even remember why I don't answer you. Bye, bye.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

You do keep replying, breaking that solemn promise. It's fun.

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]

Last time I checked, this post was about Ben Carson, not Obama. But IF Obama said things like the quotes in this post, he would deserve any criticism people cared to dish out. Since he'll never say crap like that, it's a moot point.

Seriously, though, people are welcome to criticize Obama's policies afaic, as long as they have sound, non-ideological, non-religiously driven, LOGICAL grounds for doing so.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[peristaltor.livejournal.com]

Despite her protestations to the contrary, he had to know something to get a role in the best sex scene in the show.

[dexeron.livejournal.com]

BWAHA! Stolen.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Hehe

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Cripes, man, I just read his Wikipedia stuff on his medical career - a gifted brain surgeon! For real? It's so much easier to hit on these guys when they are just over-privileged politicos. Well, I guess that not only whites can be over self-centered and indifferent to others in different circumstances.

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you're saying. I actually had trouble at first getting going on this, because I have so much genuine respect for his medical accomplishments. (Although, the more wackazoid quotes I found, the easier it got.)

I think this is a guy who is simply a fish out of water trying to be a politician. And it's actually a shame to see someone who's done so much good in the world making a complete ass of himself in this fashion.

[peristaltor.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I would be surprised. The higher up a medico is on the pay scale, the more prestige that carries. From my experience with such folks, prestige is a lofty place that allows one to rub elbows with other folks with like prestige.

It's a kind of filter bubble that allows the cray cray to emerge. All that entitlement. What to do with it?

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

I suppose I can begin to understand the libertarianism, but the biblical fundamentalism - abortion and gay rights - is more startling, I think.

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]

The more I think about it, the more I agree.

Years ago, my husband worked at a hospital (not patient care, but AV services in the education dept.), and I remember him commenting on surgeons and their huge egos. The stereotype of the surgeon who thinks s/he's God is absolutely true, according to him.

AND there's a food chain of surgeons, of which neurosurgeons are pretty much at the top of the heap. So a guy like Carson probably does think he's God, and no one around him is going to be doing anything to make him think otherwise.

So yeah, connecting all of these dots is making me see Carson in a whole new light!

[phildegrave]

Reminds me of a joke:

What's the difference between God and a doctor?

God doesn't go around pretending to be a doctor.

[op-tech-glitch.livejournal.com]

Neurosurgeons like him are making it more credible by the day that Spock would've had to assist with putting his own brain back in.