Bigotry cloaked in the erudition of Ben Carson is nonetheless BIGOTRY.
Let's remember the disgrace of World War II when Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps, sacrificed their possessions, businesses and were imprisoned for little else other than being Japanese.
The Ignorance and Prejudice of the PAST is destined to be repeated if Republican Ignorance is perpetuated.
FOCUS: Ta-Nehisi Coates | Ben Carson, Bigot
Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
Coates writes: "Christianity has repeatedly been employed to sanctify our most shameful acts. One might counter that Christianity has also been employed to inspire our most honorable acts. But this is a level of complexity that Carson's ilk do not grant to Islam."
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
Coates writes: "Christianity has repeatedly been employed to sanctify our most shameful acts. One might counter that Christianity has also been employed to inspire our most honorable acts. But this is a level of complexity that Carson's ilk do not grant to Islam."
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Ben Carson, Bigot
24 September 15
esterday presidential candidate Ben Carson was asked if he could ever support a Muslim president. Carson, channeling a significant portion of the American electorate, said that he “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation.” This proclamation is presently receiving the rebuke that it deserves, though it could stand for even more, if only because of its ugly sanctimony.
Ben Carson is a Christian—a fact he shares in common with all our greatest domestic terrorists and self-styled Indian-killers. From slave-holding to ethnic cleansing, Christianity has repeatedly been employed to sanctify our most shameful acts. One might counter that Christianity has also been employed to inspire our most honorable acts. But this is a level of complexity that Carson’s ilk do not grant to Islam. To Carson, Islam is terror and nothing else.
Christians, fully conscious of their own pedigree, need not completely renounce their faith, nor repudiate their scripture. (If a man seeks to plunder you, Dr. Seuss will suffice for showing cause.) But you would think a wise Christian would be more humble. Carson is neither humble nor wise. Carson is a bigot playing to a base that considers bigotry to be a feature, not a bug.
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