SPLC issues apology for putting Dr Ben Carson on extremist watch list

[NightHawkeye]

Southern Poverty Law Center Apologizes To Ben Carson | The Daily Caller

Under intense scrutiny after it was revealed that the civil rights organization had lumped Carson in with the likes of KKK members and other zealots on its “extremist watch list,” the SPLC announced on Wednesday that it was scrubbing Carson’s name.
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Carson’s sin, according to the SPLC, were statements he’s made in public venues such as “Marriage is between a man and a woman; It’s a well-established pillar of society.”​

Curiously, the SPLC seems to be acting very much like an extremist hate group itself.

 

[AirPo]

Curiously, the SPLC seems to be acting very much like an extremist hate group itself.

Curiously, that's not true.

 

[NightHawkeye]

Curiously, that's not true.

Noting that people and organizations they hate seem to end up on the extremist watch list.

 

[AirPo]

Noting that "extremist hate group"s don't apologize.

 

[AirPo]

Noting that an objective classification is not hate.

 

[NightHawkeye]

Noting that an objective classification is not hate.

Noting that the SPLC's hate classifications lack objectivity.

 

[DaisyDay]

Noting SPLC corrected for objectivity.

 

[South Bound]

Southern Poverty Law Center Apologizes To Ben Carson | The Daily Caller

Under intense scrutiny after it was revealed that the civil rights organization had lumped Carson in with the likes of KKK members and other zealots on its “extremist watch list,” the SPLC announced on Wednesday that it was scrubbing Carson’s name.
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Carson’s sin, according to the SPLC, were statements he’s made in public venues such as “Marriage is between a man and a woman; It’s a well-established pillar of society.”​

Curiously, the SPLC seems to be acting very much like an extremist hate group itself.

The SPLC is an extremist left wing hate group that inspired a mass shooter at the Family Research Council offices in Washington, DC. (Fortunately, only one person received minor wounds before the shooter was stopped).

I would consider it a badge of honor to be put on the SPLC's enemies' list.

 

[Audacious]

Honestly, I find Ben Carson's views, especially on economics, to be questionable, but I don't think that he is a hateful extremist. Just kind of a pundit.

The SPLC is an extremist left wing hate group that inspired a mass shooter at the Family Research Council offices in Washington, DC. (Fortunately, only one person received minor wounds before the shooter was stopped).

I would consider it a badge of honor to be put on the SPLC's enemies' list.

Yeah, because it's not like that group was a hate group actively distributing false information about gays, like that they're all pedophiles and stuff.

Oh, wait...

Edit: Also, the SPLC is not responsible for what a lone crazy person does. They've never advocated violence towards any of the groups they label as hate groups, and "inspiring" a crazy person is as easy as existing, because crazy people are not rational.

 

[JustOneWay]

I always love how some will claim that exposing extremism and hatred make the ones exposing as the extremists and haters.

Ben Carson is an extremist, and his wild and crazy comments are proof.

2. “I mean, [America is] very much like Nazi Germany. And I know you’re not supposed to say ‘Nazi Germany,’ but I don’t care about political correctness. You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population. We now live in a society where people are afraid to say what they actually believe.”
~Ben Carson, telling Breitbart News how America is like Nazi Germany because of liberals, March 2014.

8. “I think most people when they finish that course, they’d be ready to go sign up for ISIS.”
~Ben Carson, claiming the AP History curriculum will cause students who learn about civil disobedience in this country to join a violent terrorist group, September 2014.

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[NightHawkeye]

Speaking truthfully does not make one an extremist ... though it may make one a hero.

 

[nightflight]

I always love how some will claim that exposing extremism and hatred make the ones exposing as the extremists and haters.

Ben Carson is an extremist, and his wild and crazy comments are proof.

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That's it?? Dang, I guess as an "extremist" Carson is an underachiever.

 

[AirPo]

Speaking truthfully does not make one an extremist ... though it may make one a hero.

Noting that is what SPLC does.

 

[AirPo]

I always love how some will claim that exposing extremism and hatred make the ones exposing as the extremists and haters.

Well, ya know, watching is violent and extreme.

 

[JustOneWay]

That's it?? Dang, I guess as an "extremist" Carson is an underachiever.

With every crazy Carson comment I post, it makes everybody here a little dumber for reading it. I care enough for my fellow CFer's to spare them that torture....

 

[NightHawkeye]

With every crazy Carson comment I post, it makes everybody here a little dumber for reading it. I care enough for my fellow CFer's to spare them that torture....

Here's one of his "crazy" comments ...

Those of us who believe in God and derive our sense of right and wrong and ethics from God's Word really have no difficulty whatsoever defining where our ethics come from. People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. Benjamin Carson Quotes - BrainyQuote​

 

[AirPo]

Here's one of his "crazy" comments ...

People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. Benjamin Carson Quotes - BrainyQuote​

I agree, that's crazy.

 

[JustOneWay]

Everybody has lucid moments, and Carson is no exception.

His lucid moments are cheapened by his crazy moments.

 

[Audacious]

Here's one of his "crazy" comments ...

Those of us who believe in God and derive our sense of right and wrong and ethics from God's Word really have no difficulty whatsoever defining where our ethics come from. People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. Benjamin Carson Quotes - BrainyQuote​

That's one of the most insane things I've ever heard, considering that almost no evolutionists believe that survival of the fittest is a moral tenant.

He's a damn fine neurosurgeon, but I'm beginning to think that he may also be a bit of a loon.

 

[nightflight]

Those of us who believe in God and derive our sense of right and wrong and ethics from God's Word really have no difficulty whatsoever defining where our ethics come from. People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. Benjamin Carson Quotes - BrainyQuote

He sounds almost like......a Christian!

Again, I'm disappointed; I like extremism to be, well, extreme.