Ben Carson blasts 'vicious,' white liberal critics as ‘the most racist out there’

[cali]

Dr. Ben Carson on Tuesday blasted his critics for heat he’s taken recently over controversial remarks on gay marriage, calling his white liberal detractors “the most racist out there.”

“They want to shut us up completely, and that’s why the attacks against me have been so vicious,” Carson said on the Mark Levin radio show. “I represent an existential threat to them. They need to shut me up, they need to get rid of me, they can’t find anything else to delegitimize me, so they take my words, misinterpret them, and try to make it seem that I’m a bigot.”

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“They’re the most racist people there are because they put you in a little category, a box,” Carson responded. “How could you dare come off the plantation?”

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/291391-ben-carson-white-liberals-are-the-most-racist-out-there#ixzz2PK5hQkE7

say bye bye, Dr. Carson

[bowens43]

1. “I represent an existential threat to them."

no , you represent a bigoted asshole......a typical conservative buffoon.

[HERVEPA]

2. If thia were an advice column (Dear Prudence in Slate for example),

the advice would be for him to have a thorough medical checkup to see what might be causing this behavior.

[TwilightGardener]

3. "I represent an existential threat to them. They need to shut me up...get rid of me..."

Who is this fucking tool again? Ben who? Some neurosurgeon they thought would be the Republican Obama but should actually stick to neurosurgery?

[HappyMe]

4. I wouldn't want this nutbar

operating on my worst enemy.

[TwilightGardener]

6. He doesn't seem very mentally stable, does he?

[Enrique]

5. does this count as "playing the race card"?

I keep forgetting if it's ok or not to "play the race card". Herman Cain seemed to do it a lot, but all the conservatives who normally don't like the race card, didn't seem to have a problem with Cain playing it.

[JHB]

7. Like most things, they like it just fine if they can throw it at liberals...

...whether it fits or not. What counts for them is that it fits their narrative.

[HappyMe]

8. They're the "do as I say,

not as I do" crowd.

[EC]

9. Are they racists just because they called him out on the stupid stuff he said?

That's not because of his color...that's because of his stupidity. I guess it goes to show that a gifted brain surgen doesn't equal smartness about life in general.

[randome]

12. How dare people use his words against him!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Well, Doc, when you lump same-sex marriage together with pedophilia

and bestiality, people might kinda wonder where you're coming from. If you want to be in major-league politics, you'd better think before you talk. Of course, if that's what you really believe, be ready to take a whole lot of heat for it.

Or, better yet, stick to medicine.

[sadbear]

11. This guy is over before he even got started.

1%ers can't help themselves. Dumbass thinks it's because of the color of his skin.

[TwilightGardener]

13. I don't think he's ever been elected for any office. But he's a THREAT?

What--just on the sheer force of his awesomeness?

[randome]

14. And he was characterized as a GOP 'rising star'.

More like a collapsed gas giant.

[JHB]

15. Another in a long list of shiny objects...

...who says something that gets loads of attention and makes him the darling of the right, sending hopes soaring that this person can span the cracks in the elephant's skin...

...and then he keeps talking.

If he'd said it a year ago, he'd have been part of the Clown Car parade.

[kestrel91316]

16. Is he black?? Or is he just psycho?

[cali]

17. One doesn't rule out the other.

[Capt. Obvious]

18. This reads like Yahoo/Youtube comments

And this man is an amazing surgeon?

[talkingmime]

19. April 1st was yesterday.

[Jamaal510]

20. It is really

hilarious that I heard about this today because I had just said the other day that I didn't think Carson is as offensive and unhinged as Cain is. Boy was I wrong!

Not only was it offensive that he called people racists just for criticizing him, but by him using the "plantation" line, he was implying that black liberals cannot think for ourselves.

In reality, Carson is getting steamed at the wrong people. He should direct his outrage towards white conservatives, such as Trump and Limbaugh for bastardizing the first black president. My goodness...this man is supposed to be one of the geniuses in the Republican Party?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

21. Herm Cain, Version 2.0

Welcome to irrelevance, Doc.