Carson's remarks are relatively unimportant...
The American People will not elect a Muslim for President at any time in the foreseeable future...
9-11 took care of that...
Once again --- the argument
cannot be made without employing a Composition Fallacy.
Religions didn't fly planes into buildings ---
terrorists did that. Now if you wanna reword that to say The American People will not elect a
terrorist for President at any time in the foreseeable future, you've got a no-brainer.
Doesn't matter.
Muslims killed 3,000 innocent Americans on 9-11.
And damned-near every terrorist action of the past 15 years have been Islamist in nature.
It is a Warrior Religion, not a so-called Religion of Peace.
And, after years of constant nagging about The Actions of the Few not representing the Actions of the Many, well...
When we've seen scores upon scores of Actions of the Few over the course of a very few years, well...
At some point, people start adding-up the Atypicals, until, finally, under a staggering load, they concede a new Typical...
Which is what has happened in America, to a very large extent...
Like it or not... protest against it or not... try to rationalize your way around it or not... it's the New Reality, for America, in the 21st Century...