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Wed Aug 27, 2014, 12:32 PM Aug 2014

Ben Stein claims Michael Brown was armed...

No wonder he was such a Nixon phanboi...

Ben Stein: Michael Brown 'Wasn't Unarmed. He Was Armed With His Incredibly Strong, Scary Self'

Submitted by Miranda Blue on Wednesday, 8/27/2014 12:14 pm

In an interview with Newsmax’s Steve Malzberg yesterday, conservative pundit Ben Stein insisted that Michael Brown, the black teenager who was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, “wasn’t unarmed” because he was “armed with his incredibly strong, scary self.” “The idea of calling this poor man ‘unarmed’ when he was six-foot-four, 300 pounds, full of muscles, apparently — from what I read in the New York Times — on marijuana, to call him unarmed is like calling Sonny Liston unarmed or Cassius Clay unarmed,” Stein said.

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/ben-stein-michael-brown-wasnt-unarmed-he-was-armed-his-incredibly-strong-scary-self#sthash.pagCkEFx.dpuf

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Ben Stein claims Michael Brown was armed... (Original Post) Archae Aug 2014 OP
I remember when Ben was supposed to be smart. Now he's going out of his ... JoePhilly Aug 2014 #1
He used "Cassius Clay"......Stein is the worst type of racist, the smug intelligent one. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #2
Apparently an unarmed black teen is a bigger threat than a white cop with a gun Orrex Aug 2014 #19
Big scary black man? Iggo Aug 2014 #3
Big scary black man standing at least 25 feet away from him. Oh so scary! jwirr Aug 2014 #10
"On marijuana" Codeine Aug 2014 #4
Well yeah, he was legged too... bluesbassman Aug 2014 #5
Interesting theory.... AZ Mike Aug 2014 #6
Depends... Glassunion Aug 2014 #11
Another "look at meee" voice heard from. lpbk2713 Aug 2014 #7
What a piece of shit! TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #8
Or: A big, overweight smoker wearing flip flops. Cal Carpenter Aug 2014 #9
Is scary code for black? ohnoyoudidnt Aug 2014 #12
Yes indeed it is. Iggo Aug 2014 #21
Really Cassius Clay! What a dick. The man changed his name so long ago most people don't Johonny Aug 2014 #13
If I had a dog, he'd be telling Ben Stein to quit whistling so loud. (n/t) Iggo Aug 2014 #22
racist little fucker. nt La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2014 #14
And let's not forget, he probably had easy access to a sidewalk, too! Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2014 #15
Ļon marijuanaĻ SammyWinstonJack Aug 2014 #16
Uh oh Ben, the NRA gonna no likee this underpants Aug 2014 #17
Ben Stein reveals he is incredibly racist. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #18
Racist douchebag...nt joeybee12 Aug 2014 #20

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
1. I remember when Ben was supposed to be smart. Now he's going out of his ...
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 12:33 PM
Aug 2014

... way to say really stupid things.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
2. He used "Cassius Clay"......Stein is the worst type of racist, the smug intelligent one.
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 12:34 PM
Aug 2014

So any scary black man, the bigger the scarier, is "armed" at all times....can all the Ben Stein racists and fools of the world shoot them dead in the streets?

Stein is a sick man

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
4. "On marijuana"
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 12:35 PM
Aug 2014

Jeezus, I'm the most straightedge drug-free person on DU and that sounds fucking idiotic even to me! "On marijuana" my ass.

bluesbassman

(19,366 posts)
5. Well yeah, he was legged too...
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 12:37 PM
Aug 2014

Unfortunately those legs didn't allow him to escape being executed.

Fuck Ben Stein.

AZ Mike

(468 posts)
6. Interesting theory....
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 12:38 PM
Aug 2014

So this begs the question of what are the height/weight parameters that differentiate between armed and unarmed?

If I am 5'3"/300 lbs am I unarmed or armed?

If I am 6'6"/170 lbs am I unarmed or armed?

If I am tall and heavy I must be automatically armed and my death would be just?

If I am short and lightweight I must be automatically unarmed and my death would be unjust?

Just where is the line drawn on body proportions relative to scariness?

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
9. Or: A big, overweight smoker wearing flip flops.
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 01:05 PM
Aug 2014

Terrifying.

All respect to Michael Brown, I'm just pointing out that there is a very different way of characterizing this young man, depending on who is doing it and what their agenda is. I hope this doesn't come across as insensitive and people can see the point I am making.

RIP Michael Brown

Johonny

(20,827 posts)
13. Really Cassius Clay! What a dick. The man changed his name so long ago most people don't
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 02:33 PM
Aug 2014

know that he did. Ben Stein living in the bigot's fictitious past.

underpants

(182,717 posts)
17. Uh oh Ben, the NRA gonna no likee this
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 02:38 PM
Aug 2014

but they still won't come out from under the rock they have hiding under

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
18. Ben Stein reveals he is incredibly racist.
Wed Aug 27, 2014, 02:39 PM
Aug 2014

Sonny Liston?

"Cassius Clay"?

Michael Brown?

So as far as Ben Stein is concerned, big black men must always be considered "armed" even when they are not.

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