Ben Carson
“”I believe it is a very good idea for physicians, scientists, engineers, and others trained to make decisions based on facts and empirical data to get involved in the political arena and help guide our country.
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| —Dr. Ben Carson, who would then go on to ignore that idea.[1] |
Dr. Benjamin Solomon Carson, Sr. (born 1951) is an American retired pediatric neurosurgeon best known for being the first to separate conjoined twins joined at the head.[2] Adding to the astounding nature of his achievement is his strong belief in creationism.
He attracted the attention of the Republican Party after making a variety of conservative comments at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast hosted by President Obama. Carson himself claimed no political affiliation, commenting that "If I were part of [a political party], it would be called the Logic party, and it would be dedicated to commonsense approaches we all should be able to see.”[3] In November 2014, he joined the Republican Party, hinting at the possibility of running for president in 2016.[4]
From 2004 through 2013, Carson has touted quack treatments in the form of "glyconutrient" products manufactured by a company called Mannatech. Mannatech claims that the supplements can treat everything "from cancer to multiple sclerosis and AIDS." Mannatech and its similar predecessor company have been the subject of a number of lawsuits.[5]
[edit] Carson's beliefs
- The Affordable Care Act is the worst thing to happen to the country since slavery.[6] Why? Because his misquote of Lenin says so.[7]
- Carson, quoted
out of contextliterally, lumps homosexuals, NAMBLA members, and bestiality practitioners as being against his idea of marriage.[8] - Dependence on government programs for the poor creates dependence ... like the food stamps Carson admits his childhood family couldn't have done without.[9]
- Abortion is a form of human sacrifice.[10]
- Teaching about America's past mistakes, such as Japanese American internment, will make students "sign up for ISIS".[11]
- He does not believe in Separation of church and state and he engages in the usual sort of historical revisionism to justify his belief.[12]
- Carson blames police shootings (particularly the events that occurred in Ferguson, Missouri[wp]) on feminism.[13][14][15]
- He believes that religion is needed to interpret science because "maybe the science is just propaganda".[16][17]
- Apparently, prison sex/rape between inmates proves that being gay is a choice, rather than about power/domination.[18]
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Benjamin Carson, M.D.; Candy Carson. America the Beautiful. Zondervan. p. 34.
- ↑ Why God would create conjoined twins that would require separating is beyond Carson.
- ↑ National Review, sighs
- ↑ Well, duh!
- ↑ Ben Carson’s Troubling Connection: For ten years, he interacted with a medical-supplement maker accused of false advertising.
- ↑ Video of speech at 2013 Values Voters Summit
- ↑ From the Baltimore Sun: Carson is quoting Lenin to criticize Obamacare. Is the reference bogus? Answer: Yes.
- ↑ Video of Carson interviewed by Sean Hannity. Later, Carson would apologize, making more conciliatory statements.
- ↑ Dr. Ben Carson's baffling vitriol against President Obama
- ↑ Right Wing Watch: Ben Carson Says That Legal Abortion Is Human Sacrifice
- ↑ Fox News' Ben Carson Thinks New AP U.S. History Course Will Make Students Join ISIS
- ↑ Bad Prescription: The Religious Right’s Favorite Doctor Misdiagnoses The State Of Religious Freedom In America
- ↑ Slate: No, Feminism Is Not the Cause of Police Shootings by Amanda Marcotte
- ↑ Salon: Ben Carson suggests feminists are partly responsible for Ferguson by Luke Brinker
- ↑ Ebony: Ben Carson Blames Ferguson on… Feminism by Michael Arceneaux
- ↑ Live Leak: Ben Carson: Religion is needed to interpret science because 'maybe it’s just propaganda'
- ↑ Raw Story: Ben Carson: Religion is needed to interpret science because ‘maybe it’s just propaganda by David Edwards
- ↑ CNN interview with Ben Carson