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Where Did This Ben Carson Guy Come From?
You can jump in on this one. I'm speechless.
Ben Carson compared slaves to immigrants seeking a better life in his first official address Monday as Housing and Urban Development Secretary, setting off an uproar on social media.
In what appears to be an embarrassing pattern of mis-steps on race for the Trump administration, Carson told a room packed with hundreds of federal workers that the Africans captured, sold and transported to America against their will had the same hopes and dreams as early immigrants.
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That Ben sure is one crazy guy.
Yea Ben, I am sure that after they were captured, put in chains, and transported against their will to a foreign land,,,,,
these poor people had dreams. The dream of no longer being property. The dream that these white people would grant them human rights,,,,,,,
Sheesh.
Think of it. For all these years we have been over-estimating the intelligence of brain surgeons.
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We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Ben Carson probably thinks slave auctions were really job fairs for those seeking opportunities for a better life.
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I'm getting tired of winning,,,,,,,,
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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How can anyone be so tone deaf ?
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Re: Where Did This Ben Carson Guy Come From?
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—
At a press conference on Tuesday morning, Ben Carson, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, told reporters that people who are pushed out of windows are “extremely lucky” because they get “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly through the air.”
“Ever since the dawn of civilization, mankind has been enchanted by the dream of flight,” Carson said. “People who get pushed out of windows get to realize that cherished dream.”
“That’s what makes America a great country,” he continued. “People are pushed out of windows every day here.”
Carson said that, while he had never personally been pushed out of a window, “it’s on my bucket list.”
On a subject more pertinent to his new job at HUD, Carson said that people without housing “enjoy the rare satisfaction you can only experience by building your own dwelling out of cardboard.”
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