Ben Carson is really Stupid

According to Pro's unsourced assertions last round, a Ben Carson (i.e., "any person who has an extraordinarily high IQ level") says all these things: 1. ObamaCare is the worst thing since slavery. 2. All gays come from being in prison. (Really?) 3. Obama is a socialist. 4. Most Americans are stupid. 5. The pyramids were grain storages. 6. It's okay that I hit my mother on the head. 7. I stabbed my friend in the gut. I don't know. I don't think that every Ben Carson says these things in the context of politics. Wait! I remember a Ben Carson saying that before. His name was, well, Ben Carson. ALL RIGHT!!! Of course Pro is not so stupid that he would say that having an extraordinarily high IQ level means you're stupid (i.e., "having an extraordinarily low IQ level"). He's saying that "Ben Carson" (i.e., the pediatric neurosurgeon who's running for president) “is really stupid” (i.e., does not know what he's talking about, I guess) when it comes to politics. We'll debate the way Pro intended to debate. Who knows? This may be the first time in DDO history that someone actually decided to "untroll" what he made into a troll debate. So let's answer those points Pro made, shall we? ObamaCare is the worst thing since slavery. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. In order for this comment to prove Ben Carson's stupid, you'd have to show that ObamaCare isn't bad. Of course you, a member of the Democratic Socialists Party,[1] would believe that ObamaCare is a good thing. But what about everyone who doesn’t like ObamaCare? Can it be shown that ObamaCare is so good, that comparing it to slavery objectively makes you stupid when it comes to politics? For Pro’s point to be valid, he needs to show that. All gays come from being in prison. Okay, that IS a pretty stupid belief. Vote Pro … NOT! Do any of you really believe that Ben Carson ever said that all homosexuals—every single one of them—come from being in prison? OF COURSE NOT! I’m not saying that Pro is lying; he may have just made a typo. Either way, Pro will have to source this claim for it to warrant a rebuttal. Obama is a socialist. Again, Pro will need to source this claim. And whether Ben Carson said this or not, consider the following syllogism: 1. Socialism is a theory involving “collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.”[2] (Note: Since this is a good definition, the converse must also be true). 2. Obama is one who advocates a theory involving “collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods” (e.g., ObamaCare, which advocates at the very least the “collective … ownership and administration of” health care). 3. Obama is one who advocates socialism. Now consider this syllogism: 1. “[O]ne who advocates or practices socialism” is a socialist.[3] 2. Obama is “one who advocates or practices socialism.”[4] 3. Obama is a socialist. From the foregoing, we should be able to conclude that at least to some extent, calling Obama a socialist does not prove that you’re stupid when it comes to politics. Most Americans are stupid. Again, you can’t win with mere assertions; you’ve got to source what you say. And then, you will have to prove that saying most Americans are stupid, makes you stupid. BlackFlags, for example, believes “that almost all Americans are stupid, not just most of them.”[5] The pyramids were grain storages. What does this have to do with politics? You said that this debate was to be over whether or not Ben Carson is “really stupid when it comes to politics.” What political activity would Ben Carson succeed or fail in due to him believing that the pyramids were grain storages? It's okay that I hit my mother on the head. Again, what does this have to do with politics? Also again, you need to source this claim. Ben Carson doesn’t believe that it was just fine that he hit his mother on the head. (Did he even say he hit her on the head in the first place? If my memory serves me correctly [and it may not], he says that he almost hit her on the head.) Pro will need sources for his points to be valid. I stabbed my friend in the gut. Again, what does Carson’s childhood past have to do with politics? Ben Carson’s written the book when it comes to politics—multiple times! One of them is on the Constitution itself. Pro has failed to show the proposition to be true. Since the conditions were not altered prior to the debate, the burden of proof naturally is on the one who affirms the proposition. Vote Con! References [1] http://www.debate.org... [2] http://www.merriam-webster.com... [3] http://www.merriam-webster.com... [4] The previous syllogism [5] The “Comments” section of this debate