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Ben Carson slams rivals who 'dare not call this tragedy an act of racism'
The Hill ^ | 06/22/2015 | Ben Kamisar

Posted on 06/22/2015 9:58:41 AM PDT by GIdget2004

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To: GIdget2004

Is this African American going to call out all acts of racism, i.e the rampant racism in the black community, or just those that are politically correct?


61 posted on 06/22/2015 11:46:32 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

Is he wrong about this incident?


62 posted on 06/22/2015 11:51:32 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: mrsmel

Yet what do these very same goofs tell us to think about muslims?


63 posted on 06/22/2015 11:57:19 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: grania
I can only conclude that the media wants a race war.

The media and democrats are scared sh*tless that after 8 years of America's First African American President, blacks will see little reason to vote in 2016. When that happens, goodbye democrat party.

THAT is what all of this rabble rousing is about.

So what if a few eggs get broken in the process? Its how progressive statists roll.

64 posted on 06/22/2015 12:00:20 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: GIdget2004
We don't know that yet. Maybe it was an anti-Christian attack?
65 posted on 06/22/2015 12:01:46 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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To: ForYourChildren

My pleasure.


66 posted on 06/22/2015 12:08:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

I don’t see it that way, but YMMV.


67 posted on 06/22/2015 12:13:28 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (What unites us all, of any race, gender, or religion, is that we all believe we are above average.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

Murder is an act, racism is a POV. A totally deranged person has a totally deranged POV. It is absurd to assign rationality to an insane person.


68 posted on 06/22/2015 12:30:56 PM PDT by TigersEye (If You Are Ignorant, Don't Vote!)
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To: GIdget2004

Buchanan made a strong showing in New Hampshire, ca 1992,scaring the Hell out of Bush I.

Even if Bernie wins there, it will be a flash in the pan.


69 posted on 06/22/2015 12:42:23 PM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate. [URL=http://media.photobucket.com/user/currencyjunkie/me)
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To: TigersEye

Nice try. A POV can be irrational as you admit. Racism is certainly fundamentally that. People tie worth and ability to race. Not rational. You make it sound like racism is a rational POV. There is no need to assign rationality to the guy before you can call it racism.

Obsession or depression or many other mental illnesses could be called point-of-views. They are not acts, though they can lead to acts. Everything starts in the mind before it becomes an act. Crazy and crime are often intertwined with perverse reasoning. Certainly they are not mutually exclusive. It is not essential to discover which came first (chicken vs. egg argument) to label it what it is.

Why do you NEED for it to not be racism?


70 posted on 06/22/2015 1:09:22 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Maybe I am behind the times, but what does YMMV mean?


71 posted on 06/22/2015 1:10:30 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: GIdget2004

Surprise, another GOPer showing us he cannot resist being led by commie propaganda.

Even using the famous STRAWMAN.


72 posted on 06/22/2015 1:16:13 PM PDT by roses of sharon ("Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 23:43)
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To: Little Ray
Don’t see how it applies to “all white people” any more than the outrageous violent crime rate among blacks applies to “all black people.”

Well said.

73 posted on 06/22/2015 1:19:09 PM PDT by sargon
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To: GIdget2004

Is there a candidate who is saying the shooter isn’t a racist? Why in heaven’s name would anyone defend this guy? Yes, he’s a nut but he’s a racist nut.


74 posted on 06/22/2015 1:22:30 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

Your Mileage May Vary, i.e. you may have a different result, your experience may be different.


75 posted on 06/22/2015 1:39:18 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.)
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To: GIdget2004

He’s a doctor, he must know this was an act of madness, mental illness.


76 posted on 06/22/2015 1:40:25 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: mrsmel
I remember that, he rode the conservative coat-tails and fooled everybody.
After Bush he revealed himself to be a flagrant Democrat and supported
their issues. His place in history as a poser is well established.

I don't believe most become corrupt once they get to DC, it's my opinion they've
hidden their true selves as psychopaths, and very well, until they stop fearing
being found out because of the power that the Feds control over the populations.

Some can control their inner evils by seeing those intentions as destructive
to other people. I call that integrity and is very rarely exercised by most in office.

I have customers who recognize my integrity but if I were to enter their
domain (workplace) they would most certainly do everything possible to destroy
that which threatens them and their lack of conscience. The mind of adolescent
minded adult Democrats. These people exist in just about every workplace.

77 posted on 06/22/2015 2:06:45 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
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To: T-Bird45

Agreed.


78 posted on 06/22/2015 2:34:57 PM PDT by subterfuge (Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
It's not a "try" it's reality. Feel free to substitute your own fantasy and ignore it.

Why do you NEED for it to not be racism?

I don't but I do prefer to see reality. We're not talking about someone who is simply depressed or obsessed he is totally unhinged from reality.

79 posted on 06/22/2015 2:38:14 PM PDT by TigersEye (If You Are Ignorant, Don't Vote!)
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To: TigersEye

Even if you are a psychologist, which I doubt, you have not examined your patient so you cannot claim to hold the reality position against any other internet poster (passenger seat driver types). Even if you had examined your patient, you have not proved that someone cannot be unhinged from reality and a racist at the same time. We do not know whether or not he is unhinged from reality. We have quite a bit of evidence that he is a racist. My position was that being a racist is a sort of detachment from reality in and of itself.

Checkmate.


80 posted on 06/22/2015 4:06:15 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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