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

[AirPo]

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

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

I like crazy to be, well, crazy.

 

[South Bound]

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.

You realize that's not even remotely what the quote says, right?

 

[Audacious]

You realize that's not even remotely what the quote says, right?

That appeared to be the implication of what he said.

 

[nightflight]

I like crazy to be, well, crazy.

Well, Media Matters and Kos are up today.

 

[Tallguy88]

They shouldn't have backed down.

 

[AirPo]

Well, Media Matters and Kos are up today.

So is CF .

 

[JustOneWay]

Well, Media Matters and Kos are up today.

Again, we have somebody trying to make those reporting the crazy as being the crazy.

 

[Audacious]

Again, we have somebody trying to make those reporting the crazy as being the crazy.

Kos is generally very poor journalism, and Media Matters, while it isn't totally crazy, does have a notable bias against conservatives. (I don't think it's ever complained about the liberal crazy anti-science crowd, even though they're a large part of the anti-vaccine and anti-GMO movements which do this country harm.).

Though honestly, if I had to give an example of "crazy" liberal media I'd have to go with Addicting Info. They're full of insane conspiracy theories and half of what they say is completely speculative and unsourced.

Fox News may be the largest example of a "crazy-as-expletive", lying "news" source, but it certainly isn't the only one.

 

[NightHawkeye]

Again, we have somebody trying to make those reporting the crazy as being the crazy.

Noting that the Southern Poverty Law Center was held accountable for their outrageous characterization of Dr. Ben Carson.

 

[South Bound]

That appeared to be the implication of what he said.

You may have inferred that, but he did not imply that.

The quote didn't say anything like what you claimed.

 

[nightflight]

Again, we have somebody trying to make those reporting the crazy as being the crazy.

Then why did the SPLC retract?

 

[AirPo]

Then why did the SPLC retract?

Because they are reasonable and objective. The opposite of extreme.

 

[JustOneWay]

Because they are reasonable and objective. The opposite of extreme.

 

[nightflight]

Because they are reasonable and objective. The opposite of extreme.

If they were reasonable, they wouldn't have put Carson on their "list" in the first place.

 

[DaisyDay]

If they were reasonable, they wouldn't have put Carson on their "list" in the first place.

If they were perfect, they would not make mistakes. They are not perfect, but they are reasonable.

 

[AirPo]

If they were perfect, they would not make mistakes. They are not perfect, but they are reasonable.

If fact, thinking they should be perfect is quite unreasonable.

 

[nightflight]

If they were perfect, they would not make mistakes. They are not perfect, but they are reasonable.

I wonder if they have made other "mistakes".

 

[cow451]

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.

So, we get to blame Bill Maher, an atheist that hates Muslims, for the murders of three Muslims in NC? Get a grip.

 

[cow451]

The SPLC was right to apologize. One might argue that he's a bit extreme in some views or that he is the ultimate Uncle Tom, but he is not advocating violence as the means to an end.

 

[nightflight]

The SPLC was right to apologize. One might argue that he's a bit extreme in some views or that he is the ultimate Uncle Tom, but he is not advocating violence as the means to an end.

Wow.........