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red dog 1

(27,797 posts)
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 04:53 PM Aug 2016

Ben Carson to Donald Trump; Stop Calling Hillary Clinton a 'Bigot'

The Daily Beast
August 28, 2016


Ben Carson, the former presidential candidate and advisor to Donald Trump wants the GOP nominee to stop calling his opponent a racist.

"I don't usually get into the name-calling thing," Carson said in a phone interview with
The Daily Beast on Friday morning.
"I kind of left that behind in the third grade..I certainly don't encourage it because the issues that we're facing are incredibly important - for us and for the future generations."

On Thursday, Trump defended calling his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton a "bigot,"
A term with which he's taken to describing her this past week.

"She is a bigot," he said in a CNN interview.
"She's selling them (African-Americans) down the tubes because she's not doing anything for those communities..She talks a good game..But she doesn't do anything."

During a rally in New Hampshire on the same day, at which Carson introduced him, Trump assailed Clinton for saying that his voters are racists.
(She did not characterize them monolithically like this but rather pointed to a number of troublesome connections between Trump and white nationalists in a sharp critique in Reno yesterday)

But Carson - an often contemplative counterpart to Trump's brash, bullying persona -- said that he would not call Clinton a bigot, echoing the same sentiment as RNC spokesperson Sean Spicer who chose not to use the word on MSNBC Friday morning.

More:
http://thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/26/ben-carson-to-donald-trump-stop-calling-hillary-clinton-a-bigot.html

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Ben Carson to Donald Trump; Stop Calling Hillary Clinton a 'Bigot' (Original Post) red dog 1 Aug 2016 OP
Clickbait - the title is not accurate. jonno99 Aug 2016 #1
The title is accurate. red dog 1 Aug 2016 #2
TRUMP: "She is a bigot" red dog 1 Aug 2016 #3
The title suggests that Carson told Trump "Stop Calling Hillary Clinton a 'Bigot'" - which jonno99 Aug 2016 #4
"Carson Tells Trump to Cease Bigot Insults" - You Tube red dog 1 Aug 2016 #5

red dog 1

(27,797 posts)
3. TRUMP: "She is a bigot"
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 05:54 PM
Aug 2016

(From the OP)
Carson "said that he would not call Clinton a bigot.."

As far as your "Clickbait," -- I've never before even seen that word.
(What does it mean?)

jonno99

(2,620 posts)
4. The title suggests that Carson told Trump "Stop Calling Hillary Clinton a 'Bigot'" - which
Fri Aug 26, 2016, 06:28 PM
Aug 2016

of course would be a bold thing for Carson to do - not to mention the right thing to do.

However, Carson didn't go quite that far; he was basically playing the grown-up, making the point that name-calling isn't a good idea - something we shouldn't do.

clickbait? https://www.google.com/#q=clickbait

So the author of the piece changes the title of his article from:
"Ben Carson says to be nice"
to:
"Ben Carson to Donald Trump; Stop Calling Hillary Clinton a 'Bigot'"

Which one do you thinks is going to get more "clicks" - the accurate title or the provocative title?

Hence the term: clickbait...


red dog 1

(27,797 posts)
5. "Carson Tells Trump to Cease Bigot Insults" - You Tube
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 02:03 PM
Aug 2016


Due to computer limitations, I'm unable to verify that the above You Tube link is accurate.
If it doesn't work, you can always Google: the title.

I see your point now...If I had written the article, I would not have used that title.

(Thanks for the definition of "clickbait&quot
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