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(46,328 posts)
Mon Nov 30, 2015, 01:40 PM Nov 2015

Ben Carson blames "both sides" for the PP shooting...

"What a maroon..." -Bugs Bunny

Ben Carson: 'Both Sides' To Blame For Abortion Rhetoric

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Monday, 11/30/2015 11:35 am

Ben Carson pushed back yesterday on claims that anti-abortion rhetoric may have played a role in the shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, insisting in an interview with Martha Raddatz that “there’s a lot of extremism coming from all areas” and divisive rhetoric “comes from both sides.” “There is no saint here in this equation,” he said.

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/ben-carson-both-sides-blame-abortion-rhetoric#sthash.GS7MRYHJ.dpuf

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HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
1. Yes, "LEFTITS" ALL over the country are blowing corporate boardrooms away.
Mon Nov 30, 2015, 01:48 PM
Nov 2015

"Same/same!!"

Fucking dumbassed bastard. OWN YOUR RIGHTS-HATING NUTJOBS!!!

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
3. I blame Ben Carson for promoting ignorance and hatred.
Mon Nov 30, 2015, 02:08 PM
Nov 2015

I actually drove by his building in Detroit the other day. It has his name in huge letters on the side.

SharonAnn

(13,776 posts)
5. Like blaming a rape victim for her clothing choice. Equally guilty as the rapist?
Mon Nov 30, 2015, 04:57 PM
Nov 2015

She's entitled to wear what's permitted in her community. The rapist has the obligation to let her do it and not rape her "because of what she [legally] wore".

It is not a matter of blaming "both sides". There is only one illegal side.

ProfessorGAC

(65,058 posts)
7. It's At Least That Bad
Mon Nov 30, 2015, 05:10 PM
Nov 2015

Especially since it's obvious that the guy with the gun is to blame. Now, who is to blame for putting him up to it? Well, now your analogy is dead on. Nobody at PP dared him. Nobody at PP encouraged him. So, the shooter is to blame. But there is only side culpable.

Johonny

(20,851 posts)
8. I give up, what is the otherside of this? People that don't want to be shot be insane gunmen.
Mon Nov 30, 2015, 06:17 PM
Nov 2015

For instance the officer that was killed. Should the police not respond to reports of insane gunmen in Ben Carson's America?

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