This whole thing, whether history denial by Ben Carson, or of fanciful reinvention of the Civil War by Confederate Flag supporters, or of climate denial, is part and parcel of this warped attitude that conservatives are entitled to their opinion even when the facts show it to be wrong. Sorry, but personal theories and opinions do not outweigh actual documented facts. Nor does "the Bible says" - sorry, but we actually do have a huge amount of detailed first hand information about the purpose of the pyramids as actually written by the Egyptians themselves, from the time when the pyramids were built. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=bI47YJQY_K8C&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=ancient+egyptian+pyramid+texts#v=onepage&q&f=false |
That PP has just been owned. Thank you for chiming in. To question Dr. Carson in this regard is nothing short of slander. |
Your evidence for this slander is Salon? Really? And National Review? |
I think Trump and Carson are getting a pass from Republican voters because right now they are just venting frustration, not actually voting. Meaning--I think the polls are polling voters' frustration, not actual voting tendencies. |
In the words of Inigo Montoya...(because some of us like to give credit to whom credit is due): "You keep using that word "slander." I do not think it means what you think it means." And no, the core element of my post related to John Freeman, and that you chose to ignore. The rest just provides additional support for Carson's gift of, ahem, embellishment, unless you think there's a right-wing and a center (CNN) a left-wing conspiracy to discredit him. But thanks for the red herring. |
My kids can't believe that someone who thinks the pyramids were for grain storage would be running for President. "Didn't he go to 3rd grade?!?" |
Dear PP's children: I'm sorry your parents aren't terribly open-minded about religion and other's opinions. Signed - a conservative who knows there are bigger reasons to reject a candidate than this. |
Carson came up with this by himself, but based on Genesis, which tells of Joseph stored grain in Egypt enough for seven years. Now, some folks believe a guy was nailed on a cross, died, then rose from the dead. Seriously, they do. Better yet, some crazies think a lamp burned for 8 days. Clearly these nutcases are unqualified for office. |
The legal term you're apparently thinking of is "defamation" and, more particularly, "libel." However, Carson is a public figure and an idiot to boot. Go read Sullivan v. New York Times. That is all. |
Opinions are one thing. Facts are another. You don't know the difference, do you? |
Here's my take on this man, Jeff: Neurosurgeons are like CEO's in the sense that NOONE argues with them in " their OR "and families get down on their knees and kiss their feet in gratitude In this way, a reasonably smart med student develops , over the course of a few decades , a bit of a "know it all complex", ala Trump No one has said " no" to Ben Carson in a long time and , yes, he is daily ruining his reputation as more and more people begin to laugh at him ( behind his back of coarse) |
You do realize that neurologists do not perform surgery, right? You realize that as laudable as Dr. Freeman was, he never cut on anyone, he never performed ANY neurosurgery, let alone a hemispherectomy. He would refer them to a neurosurgeon who would perform the procedure. Neurosurgeons do not manage epilepsy, however they work closely with neurologists who manage the patient over the lifetime. Yes, Freeman revived the procedure for intractable seizures but he did not, could not, perform the surgery. That was Carson and later Dr. Gallo. Freeman and Gallo were a team and each managed the patient within their specialty. |
Ask these pro-life advocates what they think about Carson's "word." As good as his bond? Not really. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ben-carsons-first-foray-into-politics--on-both-sides-of-a-92-abortion-debate/2015/11/05/f6eea4ca-826e-11e5-8ba6-cec48b74b2a7_story.html |
That's not the point. The point is that Freeman revived it, and handed it off to a neurosurgeon, who in this case happened to be Carson. Yet Carson refers to him as if he gave a peripheral consult. |
^^As an analogy, Frank LLoyd Wright and Frank Gehry conceive of buildings, and a contractor builds them. This is like the contractor saying these guys gave him some ideas. |