{"id":9612,"date":"2015-10-15T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/?p=9612"},"modified":"2015-10-15T09:00:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T14:00:23","slug":"whats-the-difference-between-trump-and-carson-when-it-comes-to-political-correctness-not-what-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/2015\/10\/15\/whats-the-difference-between-trump-and-carson-when-it-comes-to-political-correctness-not-what-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the difference between Trump and Carson when it comes to political correctness? Not what you think."},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/488668280?et=mHZAJnuDQ_hysTNgpbxReg&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=-ouWr57wXgQ7V6JryjS2qFWCC7r9XP6rXUDSXo-s4q0=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 10px; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/488668280\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">View image<\/a> | <a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over the past few weeks, Ben Carson has been in \u201ctrouble\u201d with the media for some of his comments on the presidential primary campaign trail.\u00a0 But his response to those who attack him is much different than the response of his opponent Donald Trump when faced with similar accusations.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the difference between Trump and Carson when it comes to political correctness? One really doesn\u2019t care. \u00a0The other uses it as a tool.<\/p>\n<p>At National Review, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/author\/david-french\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">David French<\/a>\u00a0explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Each time, the pattern is the same: Carson expresses his opinion \u2014 typically grounded in common sense and widely shared by the American people \u2014 the media declares that some people are \u201coffended,\u201d and he doubles down, restating his position again and again in the same calm, even tone. [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>Carson\u2019s response to the howls of the PC left is the right one: We\u2019ll call it \u201capathetic conviction.\u201d He\u2019s not outraged by the outrage; he simply doesn\u2019t care. The outrage bores him. And no response is better calculated to rob critics of their power than boredom.\u00a0You\u2019re offended by my comments? I\u2019m trending on Twitter? Wake me when the shame-storm is over, and then let\u2019s debate my arguments on their substance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>David argues that this is what sets Carson apart from Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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 [\u2026].<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t escaping political correctness; it\u2019s reinforcing outrage culture with more outrage. Both Carson and Trump are connecting with voters who are tired of cautious politicians, of \u201cleaders\u201d who head for the hills in the face of controversy. But Carson\u2019s way is the better way, the way best calculated to not only drain the outrage merchants of their power but also to change hearts and minds. No wonder he has the highest favorability rating in the GOP field, and remains the only Republican candidate to consistently outpoll Hillary Clinton.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more of David\u2019s thoughts in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/425348\/ben-carson-donald-trump-pc-left-outrage?Ebs4qRFvQwr8ekUv.01\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">his full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more on the\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/Family.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Patheos Faith and Family Channel<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>,<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> follow\u00a0Nancy on\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NancyAndersonFrench\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><em>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/NancyAFrench\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><em>Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, and\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/nancyjanefrench\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><em>Instagram<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the difference between Donald Trump and Ben Carson when it comes to political correctness?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":9613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1196,1520,471],"class_list":["post-9612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ben-carson","tag-donald-trump","tag-political-correctness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s the difference between Trump and Carson when it comes to political correctness? 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