Like other conservatives, Tea Party hero Dr. Ben Carson has
to find ways to justify his
opposition to LGBT equality that makes him sound a little more sophisticated
than members of the Westboro Baptist Church (the “God hates fags” group). In
2013 his best way to do this was to say that gays, child molesters, and
beastialists don’t get to change the definition of marriage. Critics pointed
out that it sounded as if Carson had imagined gays were in some sort of ideological
bloc with beastialists and child molesters which led to a meaningless apology
from Carson.
Undeterred, Carson revealed a new line of palms-to-forehead explanation for his
bigotry earlier this week. His new
justification which he unveiled on CNN reasons that being gay is a choice “because
a lot of people who go into prison, go into prison straight. And when they come
out they’re gay.”
We all know how that little roll out went. In response to
the blowback, Carson announced that he was not going to discuss gay rights
anymore. That would be great for Ben Carson if there was any significant chance
anyone took his run for president seriously. It would be bad for Carson’s
fellow bigot supporters who feel emboldened when he engages in that signature
conservative slapdash denigrating discourse. It would also bad for people like yours truly who get excited when conservative people make my point for me.
I am encouraged by the fact that in spite of flashes of
better judgment, conservatives like Ben Carson just can’t control themselves.
They are prone to sound off expertly on topics they know nothing about such as
rape, sexuality, race, religion, economics, and the law. Like largemouth bass
waiting in the shade, they take the same bait again and again and again. Ben
Carson saying he’s done talking about gay rights is like a largemouth bass
saying “I’m done with worms.” You just wouldn’t believe it – for a variety of
reasons.
It makes me wonder, how many former patients of Dr. Carson
hear the things he says on TV and then ask in fright, “THAT GUY OPERATED ON MY
BRAIN?”
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