Posted on 03/08/2017 8:40:27 AM PST by IBD editorial writer
In an unscripted talk to employees, newly minted Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson referred to slaves as immigrants, and the outrage was fast and furious.
Two sample tweets:
OK!! Ben Carson …. I can't! Immigrants? In the bottom of SLAVE SHIPS??!! MUTHAF(….)A PLEASE!!!#dickheadedtom — Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) March 6, 2017
This can't be real. Slaves were not & are not immigrants. 2017. — Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) March 6, 2017
Whoopi Goldberg, the NAACP and a multitude of others expressed their outrage in similar terms.
Huffington Post's Jason Linkins said Carson's remark "makes one wonder how far the Trump administration will go to revise the history of the black experience in America."
Just read Carson's crazy statement for yourself and you can understand the anger.
"Life in America was not always easy," he said. "It wasn't always easy for new immigrants. Certainly it wasn't easy for those of African heritage who had not come here voluntarily and yet in their own way were immigrants themselves. There was discrimination and hardship and poverty. But, like you, they no doubt found inspiration in all those who had come before them. And they were able to muster faith that, here in America, they might build a better life and give their children something more."
Unbelievable! Slaves were "immigrants" who "found inspiration in all those who had come before them"?!?!
Oh, wait. That wasn't Ben Carson.
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There are no bigger racists in the world than American liberals.
It’s not enough to just not apologize. The proper response to all liberals, everytime and for everything, is to tell them rather adamantly to go F themselves.
Dear Dr. Carlson,
You must realize you are not dealing with normal, rational, moral human beings with the MSM and DC hordes. Treat them as you would demons - they may well be.
You are on the side of righteousness. Never apologize. Never compromise. Never give up. Never surrender.
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