The Left Really Hates Ben Carson

By: American Decency Staff

The invective against Dr. Ben Carson coming from the Left is extraordinary even for the Left. Now that Carson, one of the preeminent brain surgeons in America, has become viable candidate for president, the Left has labeled him everything awful it can come up with. One left-wing columnist, Charles Blow of the New York Times, even disparaged Carson’s intelligence.

But there were two attacks made this past week that should be beyond the pale even for the Left.

 

The first was that Carson “blamed the victims” in the Roseburg, Ore., community-college mass murder.

How did that happen?

On Fox News, Carson noted that “the poor families of those individuals had to be hurting so badly.” One of the hosts then made the following comment: “Dr. Carson, if a gunman walks up and puts a gun at you and says, ‘What religion are you?’ that is the ultimate test of your faith.”

To which Carson responded: “I’m glad you asked that question. Because not only would I probably not cooperate with him, I would not just stand there and let him shoot me. I would say, ‘Hey, guys — everybody attack him. He may shoot me, but he can’t get us all.’”

He was asked, in essence, what he would do. Whether one agrees or disagrees with what he says he would do, it was hardly “blaming the victims.”

Yet, that is what the Left accuses of him doing.

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