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Ben Carson’s Response to PC Outrage Is Smarter than Trump’s


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ben-carson-donald-trump-pc-left-outrageNational Review:

David French

October 9, 2015

 

 

For the fourth time this week, Ben Carson finds himself embroiled in controversy. This time, he’s in trouble with the Left for declaring that, “the likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed.” Before that, he caught flack for saying that people should rush mass shooters, that the loss of constitutional liberties is “more devastating” than a body with bullet wounds, and that not “every lifestyle is exactly of the same value.”

 

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Carson’s response to the howls of the PC left is the right one: We’ll call it “apathetic conviction.” He’s not outraged by the outrage; he simply doesn’t care. The outrage bores him. And no response is better calculated to rob critics of their power than boredom. You’re offended by my comments? I’m trending on Twitter? Wake me when the shame-storm is over, and then let’s debate my arguments on their substance.

 

This is what sets him apart from Donald Trump. While Trump claims to disdain political correctness, he often tries to deploy it as a weapon against his opponents, demanding apologies and terminations when he feels offended:

 

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

 

People have been forced to resign positions for far less than @JonahNRO’s “tweeting like a 14 year old girl”

 

12:58 PM - 21 Apr 2015

 

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The Carson approach is replicable. Few people have the temperament or desire to follow the Trump model of answering shouts with more shouts. We can, however, ignore the outrage and articulate our convictions.

 

If a social-justice warrior screams on Twitter, and no one is there to hear him, does he make a sound?


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