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Posted: 3/4/2015 11:06:20 AM EDT

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/04/politics/ben-carson-prisons-gay-choice/index.html

File under: "Things you should never say while running for office."

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:08:04 AM EDT

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He could have said "The Navy proves being gay is a choice"

But I thought it was less about sex, and more about power?

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:08:26 AM EDT

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Paging Andy Dufrene, please pick up the white courtesy phone...

TRG

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:09:34 AM EDT

[#3]

Damn it, and I had such hope for him.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:10:14 AM EDT

[#4]

keep your mitts off my noggin, doc.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:10:29 AM EDT

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This.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:12:54 AM EDT

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and....

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:13:32 AM EDT

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Conservatives are funny.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:14:51 AM EDT

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I suppose if a wife caught her husband going brokeback, he could just tell her he was just demonstrating his power over the other man.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:15:29 AM EDT

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did he not know he was on television.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:16:29 AM EDT

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Who cares what his personal beliefs are as long as he doesn't get the government to try and force regulation on the public either way.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:16:57 AM EDT

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I like Ben Carson, but he's not ready for the national stage. Regardless, he appears to be a good man. I hope he finds a place in politics if that's what he wants.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:18:06 AM EDT

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Ben is a very wise man. The more I hear the more I like him.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:18:29 AM EDT

[#13]

Between this and the people that live in cities shouldn't own guns, i'm getting tired of this guy.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:18:52 AM EDT

[#14]

Anybody here still want him for president?

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:21:26 AM EDT

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Posted: 3/4/2015 11:21:49 AM EDT

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As valid of a statement as it being genetic. Both are unproven.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:21:53 AM EDT

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Posted: 3/4/2015 11:22:02 AM EDT

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He could have said "The Navy proves being gay is a choice"

But I thought it was less about sex, and more about power?

I suppose if a wife caught her husband going brokeback, he could just tell her he was just demonstrating his power over the other man.

That's what they say in prison... "It ain't gay, because it's not sex..."

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:22:17 AM EDT

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Now that's a substantial problem.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:23:25 AM EDT

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Posted: 3/4/2015 11:23:45 AM EDT

[#21]

Ahh, the GOP. Clearly unworthy of any bashing,

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:29:37 AM EDT

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Choice? Not always, but sometimes...

Born that way? Nope.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:30:07 AM EDT

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Really? You think those are the words that come out of a wise mans mouth?

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:31:46 AM EDT

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I didn't but this just seals the deal. Dude might be smart but he's a dumbass.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:32:37 AM EDT

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Nope.

Not a choice.

Think about what you are sexually attracted to. Now ask yourself, could you CHOOSE to be that attracted to a man? Could a man's ass get your dick hard and make you want to fuck it? Personally I find that repulsive. Don't get me wrong, I can see another dude and think that he's a good looking guy, but in terms of "that dude must pull down some serious hot tail!" not in the "I want to stick my dick in his asshole".

I could never CHOOSE to be sexually attracted to men.

In prison, it's simply because men want to empty their balls, and there's nothing else around. I'm sure there's some domination aspect to it as well, but I wouldn't call it "choosing to be homosexual."

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:33:04 AM EDT

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Tell me then, when did you decide to like girls? Was it a conscious decision? Could you just as easily decide to like men? Why would someone CHOOSE a path that will make their lives infinitely more difficult?

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:33:29 AM EDT

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Idiot.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:33:34 AM EDT

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Ben is a very wise man. The more I hear the more I like him.

Really? You think those are the words that come out of a wise mans mouth?

Yes! He speaks the truth and is not afraid to do so. He knows what he believes and is bold enough to say it, unlike what we have had in the recent past where these guys/gals will say what people want to hear and then do what they want.

The truth will make people angry but that doesn't make it not true.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:34:32 AM EDT

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Iran is developing a nuke, Norks are threatening the west, Russia is openly invading other countries, and the U.S. is the middle of an economic collapse. So tell me Mr. Candidate, what is your view on homosexuals?

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:36:07 AM EDT

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Posted: 3/4/2015 11:36:38 AM EDT

[#31]

Gay for the stay.... wut wut

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:36:41 AM EDT

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He's right you know.

He is however not much of a politician and I'm not holding out any hope that he will occupy the Oval Office.

In for the butthurt though.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:37:49 AM EDT

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Republicans are asked those sorts of questions so they can have the opportunity to screw up their careers. Some of them do it.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:37:57 AM EDT

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Lol.... Just lol

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:38:29 AM EDT

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WHO FUCKING CARES?!?!

Can someone please focus on shit that matters instead of being baited into these dumb social issue traps? $18 trillion in debt, right? Debt to income ratio approaching Greece-levels, right? Expansionist China. Iranian nukes. ISIS. The Southern Border.

FFS

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:38:33 AM EDT

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I'm sure some people are wired gay from the start but the liberal argument that it is not a choice doesn't hold up. Just look at how many gay/bi people report sexual abuse in their childhoods. This proves that environments or outside influences can turn people gay.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:38:46 AM EDT

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Yeah, he's Mensa material.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:39:26 AM EDT

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Between this and the people that live in cities shouldn't own guns, i'm getting tired of this guy.

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I wrote him off long ago as a viable candidate.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:39:28 AM EDT

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Sigh, why can't people help themselves from saying dumb shit.

Seriously, first you have to ask much gay prison sex is there really, and of those engaging in it, how many were gay or bi before heading to prison . . .

Ah fuck it . . .

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:39:59 AM EDT

[#40]

How many more forks can we stick in this guy?

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:40:45 AM EDT

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This.

Why? He's an anti 2A piece of shit.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:42:25 AM EDT

[#42]

He's done

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:43:24 AM EDT

[#43]

Just another guy who needs a reality check, and than needs to go back to what was his life as he stands zero chances of being a Potus from the right.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:45:10 AM EDT

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of course it, is a choice so is being vegan,atheist, liberal, conservative,or strait. BUT MANY folks are born stupid. it is all part of acculturation you are not even born American you have to learn how- ie see DU

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:46:14 AM EDT

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Not a choice.

Think about what you are sexually attracted to. Now ask yourself, could you CHOOSE to be that attracted to a man? Could a man's ass get your dick hard and make you want to fuck it? Personally I find that repulsive. Don't get me wrong, I can see another dude and think that he's a good looking guy, but in terms of "that dude must pull down some serious hot tail!" not in the "I want to stick my dick in his asshole".

I could never CHOOSE to be sexually attracted to men.

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Research studies show that (most) self-identified straight men are still aroused by homosexual (male-male) pornography.

Most people are naturally attracted, to some degree, towards homosexual acts, whether that be 1% or 99% (or more likely somewhere in the middle).

The choice to indulge in it is as much a matter of conditioning as your choice to be repulsed by it.

Even where one may be 100% naturally gay, it's still a choice to engage in the behavior itself. That society seems to pretend that celibacy is this intolerable pox, I really don't understand. Furthermore, your so-supposed need to engage in sexually deviant acts (and let's face it, homosexuality is disordered and abnormal behavior) bears no relation to the social purpose of marriage.

I understand why people support gay marriage. It has nothing to do with sex, and frankly nothing to do with marriage. It's about the ability for minority groups to gain social legitimacy through action of government. And it works.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:46:31 AM EDT

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Yes! He speaks the truth and is not afraid to do so. He knows what he believes and is bold enough to say it, unlike what we have had in the recent past where these guys/gals will say what people want to hear and then do what they want.

The truth will make people angry but that doesn't make it not true.

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Ben is a very wise man. The more I hear the more I like him.

Really? You think those are the words that come out of a wise mans mouth?

Yes! He speaks the truth and is not afraid to do so. He knows what he believes and is bold enough to say it, unlike what we have had in the recent past where these guys/gals will say what people want to hear and then do what they want.

The truth will make people angry but that doesn't make it not true.

Well if it fits your narrative, I guess you believe that he is a wise man.

My self? I don't care who fucks who, and making outlandish statements about homosexuality being a choice because of prison sex? I think those are the words of a foolish man. Especially if he has hopes of winning an election.

Posted: 3/4/2015 11:48:07 AM EDT

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I'm sure some people are wired gay from the start but the liberal argument that it is not a choice doesn't hold up. Just look at how many gay/bi people report sexual abuse in their childhoods. This proves that environments or outside influences can turn people gay.

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That's still not choosing to be gay.