I keep hearing from conservatives about this Ben Carson fellow. According to Rush Limbaugh, "liberals are scared to death" over him. I've seen variations that the left/liberal/progressive/Democrats hate him, fear him, or don't even like him. All because he's a conservative, black, neurosurgeon. A pretty darn successful occupation if you ask me, let alone his long list of accomplishments that follow.
I don't hate or fear him. I may not agree with most of his politics, but he certainly doesn't scare me. For one thing, he's never held any elected office that I can tell, yet they're already whispering about a possible Presidential run. Are you kidding me? He might get a decent showing, but I don't think the country is quite ready yet for someone who has never held an office. He might be completely capable and it's not a knock on his accomplishments, but there needs to be some sort of record to go off.
Second, the left is barely talking about him, if at all. I certainly haven't seen a groundswell of hatred or fear.
Third, most people on the left, certainly myself included, don't hate or fear conservatives. Even those that we don't agree with or particularly like, we don't fear the unelected pundits or other opinionated speakers like him. It's the elected politcians and those controlling the purse strings that concern us.
All I'm saying is I'm a little sick of the right constantly telling me what my supposed opinion is on things just because I don't hide from being called a liberal. At least when I discuss conservative, I use their own words, not something I just made up.
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