Dr. Ben Carson Schools David Gregory on Slavery and Neo-Marxist Movement

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  1. Just A Man

    Just A Man Well-Known Member

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    You can't school a liberal media type on anything. They are so arrogant they think they know everything.
     
  2. Alwayssa

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    There are far worse things that has happened in the united States than passing the ACA/PPRCA. He has just diminished our veterans, the history, immigration, and the Native Americans. Congrats Dr. Carson, you are now the lsave of the Right Wing hysteria.

    That being said, the ACA is many things and Dr Carson should be more honest than playing political pin the tail on the perverbial elephant. In addiotn, his plan is not too well thought out by having a HSA for every person. He is not exactly the brightest person when it comes to finance, government operations, or business.
     
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    Slavery is slavery. You could also argue that the black slaves way back then had a better life than living in a mud hut with your line of reasoning.
     
  4. SourD

    SourD New Member Past Donor

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    He's a doctor. I'm sure he knows more than you do about the HC law. I would take his word over yours or ANY Liberal or Progressive any day of the year!

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    Light years above the Obama and his sycophants.
     
  5. Alwayssa

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    Althought Dr Carson is a brilliant doctor, he is a slave to the RW propoganda machine. Ironic, don't you think?
     
  6. BestViewedWithCable

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    Charity is voluntary.

    Slavery isnt.

    Have a nice day.
     
  7. Jonsa

    Jonsa Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Of course you would. Blind partisanship demands you believe regardless of the accuracy of the statements made.
    Your appeal to authority by claiming he is a doctor so he must be telling the truth is also to be expected.

    If you can actually refute the simple facts as I previously outlined them, get back to me.
     
  8. SourD

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    There was nothing to refute, it was all hyperbole.
     
  9. cupid dave

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    Not really,...

    The real problem is that medical expenses inflate well above the average year after year.

    Nurses and doctors and tech personal all get more and more benefits and higher wages because the number of doctors are limited and the extensive effort to keep improving services continues.
    We need way more doctors and fewer pieces of paper work so office expenses go down, and the cost of medicine goes back to what it was before medicare started.
     
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    War is nasty, of course.
    but people must remember or be reminded that Indians we trained to attack and rob people not members of their tribe.
    the raids the killed farmers and meant kids were kidnapped would not stop, no matter how much the settlers tried to reason with them.
    So,... War to the end.
     
  11. TexMexChef

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    Dr. Carson's appearance on MTP was god-awful. He has a long process to become TV ready for a Presidential run.

    I think he actually did more harm than good. "back-pedaling" and explaining one's statement[this far removed] is niether a good offense nor defense. Dr. Carson has been pigeon-holed into the "ACA is worse than slavery" guy.
     
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    When you say something and then someone takes it out of context and you feel the need to show them taking it out of context that is not back pedaling....

    For example he never said ACA is worse then slavery.. I am assuming you know what quotation marks represent. So why would you say he said that when he didnt. And am i now "back pedaling" for him explaining your mistake/lie?
     
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    One should never-ever use analogies that would be easily misconstrued.

    No one pigeon-holes themselves on purpose. One should never-ever have to explain an important a comment when comparing slavery to Affordable Care Act. One should be crystal clear.

    Having to constantly clarifing a comment is just seen a back-pedaling...plain and simple.
     
  14. RP12

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    He was crystal clear its only Liberals that "misconstrue" what he said to serve the agenda. Without people trying to spin his words he wouldnt have to repeat himself.

    When you have people looking for an angle any angle to attack someone the fault is on them.
     
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    I figure if Hillary isn't too old for it then Big Ben isn't too old for it either. He would make a great VP candidate though his lack of experience might be an issue if he ran for President.
     
  16. TexMexChef

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    If it is crystal clear why does Dr. Carson still feel a need to explain his comments? [rhetorical]

    He should have simply told Gregory...I stand by my comment and my comment is self-explanitory.

    No one clairifies a comment that is crystal clear.
     
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    There is no such thing as "neo-Marxism" , the use of such silly & non existent terminology displays Carson's illiteracy .
     
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    Why hasnt Gregory been arrested for being in possession of that illegal high capacity magazine? The guy is a putz and it great that Ben Carson schooled him on TV. Thanks for the vid! :) I love the part where he tries to move on to someone else after being destroyed.
     
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    Not sure where you got this idea. Of course there is neo-Marxism - black liberation theology being a good example.

    http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/neo-Marxist


    I actually didn't think Gregory was in any way out of line with his questioning. He hit Carson with what could be construed as hard questions which I believe is what a host should do and Carson answered them extremely well. I understand that Gregory is a liberal thus would probably not be as direct when questioning a fellow liberal, but I think he asked his questions fairly and gave Carson the floor to answer those questions.
     
  20. Wehrwolfen

    Wehrwolfen Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    If Dr. Ben Carson were a Democrat, I'm sure that the MSM would claim that your remark was racist.
     
  21. RP12

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    And that is your opinion.... Welcome to it.
     
  22. Defengar

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    Our horrible treatment of the Indians persisted LONG after the wars for the west had ended.

    You mean they were trained to attack people who were stealing their land, and broke EVERY SINGLE TREATY AGREEING NOT NOT GOING BACK OVER 100 YEARS?

    Settlers on land that had been the Indians for centuries prior, and had not been sold by the Indians, but claimed by the government, then auctioned off with no legal basis. It was the government and the settlers that would not stop, and could not be reasoned with. Not the natives.

    Again, our abuse of the Native Americans persisted for decades after the plains wars ended. Unemployment, poverty, and drug abuse rates in reservations are among the highest per capita of anywhere in the country, and the legacy of that abuse is responsible for it.

    The systematic curb stomping of tribes, then obliteration of their cultures left those communities with little soul or hope for the future, and the fact they were often moved to reservations on (*)(*)(*)(*)ty land that no settler wanted and that was far away from anywhere that could provide trade made the problem even worse. You might ask, "if its sucks so much on the reservation, why don't they just move lol?" Its because many people in the poorest reservations simply have no money to move. There are no jobs, and the government only provides token support.
     
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    wait , the BS definition of this stupid dictionary is :

    Too many words to say social-democracy and no this has nothing to do with Marxism , Marx is probably spinning in his grave for those willing to comfort liberal democracies .

    2nd year political science : all "adaptations" that revise basic Marxist doctrines are called REVISIONISM
     
  24. glitch

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    So you're rejecting Oxford and using your own ... definitions. Well there is obviously an understood definition for neo-marxism and Carson is using the term appropriately. Sounds like you had a Marxist professor that rejected the understood definition of this term. I imagine you can't come up with a link to a source that agrees there is no such thing as neo-marxism - as there are clearly multiple adaptions of marxism that could certainly be defined as neo. Do you also think there is no neo-nazism? No neo-conservatism?
     
  25. pol meister

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    But what should be clear to most, is seldom clear to the left. Which is why it took an extra effort by Ben to clarify it to Gregory. Did you notice also, that Gregory quickly changed topics as soon as Ben had made his point?
     

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