Ben Carson Blames Drug Addiction On ‘Political Correctness’

[applegrove]

Ben Carson Blames Drug Addiction On ‘Political Correctness’

by Casey Quinlan at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/11/08/3720420/ben-carson-addiction-political-correctness/

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John Dickerson asked Carson about the “human side” of addiction on Face the Nation Sunday after mentioning that 25 percent of New Hampshire voters said drug abuse was the most serious problem in New Hampshire, according to a WMUR poll.

Carson answered that a lack of values and principles were responsible for serious drug abuse:


There are all kinds of addictions and addictions occur in people who are vulnerable who are lacking something in their lives, so we really have to start asking ourselves what have we taken outside of our lives in America? What are some of those values and principles that allowed us to ascend the ladder of success so rapidly to the pinnacle of the world and the highest pinnacle anyone else had ever reached, and why are we throwing away all of our values and principles for the sake of political correctness?



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[maxsolomon]

1. The subtext being:

this is what you get when people think there are options to being a Christian.

it always comes back to Christianity being persecuted by Secular Humanism.

[applegrove]

2. I wonder how he feels about the confederate flag?

[Johonny]

6. That's how I read that too

[applegrove]

15. People used to say "well that is mighty christian

of you", meaning that the person empathize and took some kind action on someone else's behalf. That is all political correctness is.

[hifiguy]

3. Presenting

[VanillaRhapsody]

4. WTF does that even mean???

He is like a slow Sarah Palin......

[Stuart G]

5. Stupid Asshole is stupidier than shit..(my apologies to shit)...

One of the reasons for addiction is ..are you ready??war..vets come home from ...war..our wars.

Whose "values and principles" are responsible for the Iraq War II ...asshole?..
..Wasn't Bush a Christian? ...or am I missing something?...

read this about vets who are addicts and mentally ill.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141257234

[NonMetro]

7. His mind works in mysterious ways

He didn't perform a little brain surgery on himself, did he? Does the top of his head look like it’s been reattached - or is it just me?

[Stuart G]

8. no it is not just you.... What mind??........

[hifiguy]

10. If he did some DIY brain work

it seems he did it with a wood chisel and a ball-peen hammer.

[ismnotwasm]

9. Because Christians don't get addicted--oh wait..

They do. Silly me.

[bullwinkle428]

11. I hate this fucker for making me look at Chris Christie like a halfway decent

human being. (re: Christie's viral video campaign talk about his good friend that developed a pain-killer addiction which ruined his life)

[niyad]

12. benny sounds stupider every day.

[GeorgeGist]

13. Says the SDA addict.

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. Uh wut?