http://www.nationalreview.com/article/425348/ben-carson-donald-trump-pc-left-outrage
-Hailey Lam
Monday, October 12, 2015
Is Carson better than Trump?
Ben Carson is the less entertaining version of Donald Trump. However, Donald Trump doesn't scare me like Carson does, because Trump is a caricature. He's easy to make fun of; from his cartoonish appearance to his wild gesticulations. But unlike Trump, Ben Carson states his views with the calm surety expected of a sane person. Outrageous statements like "the likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed," or that not " every lifestyle is exactly of the same value." Perhaps what makes Ben Carson seem like such a reasonable person is that Donald Trump is running. Anyone seems reasonable compared to Trump, even Ted Cruz. And it's not only right wing extremists who are listening to Carson. His calm tone encourages young undecided voters to tune in to his speeches the author of this article states that "Carson expresses his opinion - typically grounded in common sense and widely shared by the American people - the media declares that some people are 'offended,' and he doubles down, restating his position again and again in the same calm, even tone." Its it wrong for people to be outraged at the insane views that Carson holds? Carson supporters make liberals out to be hysterical. His calm tone is no better than Trumps shouting matches because he isn't here to debate. He's the person who pretends to be the calm one, the one who acts like he's taking the high road but is actually unwilling to admit he's wrong. 'you're the hysterical one, and I'm the reasonable one. I haven't done anything wrong and I don't want to have this argument anymore.'
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I noticed that Ben Carson, when told about one Oregon Shooting survivor and how he was offended by Ben Carson's comment on what he would've done during the shooting, didn't even take a moment to apologize, and instead said things like "He would've known that's not what I meant if he watched the whole video." Even if he was misunderstood, I think Ben Carson should have at least apologized for saying something that caused a misunderstanding and asked the student to understand what he really meant, rather than blaming it all on media's "putting it into context" and on the student, who didn't watch the entire video. When I saw the interview where Ben Carson said if he was one of the victims, he would've "not cooperated" with the shooter, it is completely understandable why the student survivor got offended...It is because Ben Carson put himself an image of bravery and is basically saying that the other students cooperated with the shooter, and is showing himself as the braver superman. The student told CNN news that Ben Carson should speak again after experiencing the same kind of situation, where no one can think straight and nothing can be judged down into action during the traumatic experience. With that clam voice, he doesn't show the importance and emphasis, as well as sincere feelings to the situations and topics that matter to the nation. A calm voice may sound more pleasing than Donald Trump's inappropriate comments that have shaken the nation and have taken them aback. However, sometimes, a more passionate and effective attitude shown is important in order to impact the hearts and trust of the people of the United States. During the second interview, all there was in Ben Carson's head was to explain himself and clear his name in front of the nation, and no sincere thoughts of worry and apologetic feelings towards the offended student. If he doesn't even show true care towards one person, how can we trust him to sincerely care for the entire nation?
ReplyDeleteYou made a really insightful point about the fact that Carson may not be better than trump, but we're only seeing trump as the ridiculous or inapt candidate. Now that I think about it, Carson does very much resemble trump, in that both GOP candidates have a unconscious habit of putting out brash and unintelligent remarks to the press
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