IS CARSON A “COON?”

SPECIAL POST

University of Pennsylvania Professor Anthea Butler, who has a history of making derogatory and racially fueled comments, is now under fire for suggesting Dr. Ben Carson deserves a "coon of the year award" for his support of flying the Confederate Flag on private property.  

If you look it up on Wikipedia, "coon" may refer to:

• Coon, a diminutive of raccoon
• Coon, an alternative name for Maine Coon, a breed of domestic cat
• Coön (Κόων, Κόωνος), a Trojan warrior who fought in the Trojan War
• Coon cheese, is the trademark of a cheddar cheese produced by the National Foods company in Australia
• Coon Carnival, a yearly minstrel festival in Cape Town, South Africa
• "The Coon", an episode of U.S. animated series South Park
• Coon, a racial slur, used pejoratively to refer to a black person, especially an African-American or Australian Aboriginal
• Coon Chicken Inn

I don't look at Ben Carson as being a furry animal.  He may be a hip cat,  but I don't know that he's domesticated.  I think he's too young to have fought in the Trojan War and I don't know that he likes cheese.  Well, you get the gist of where I'm going with this, don't you?  

If you're going to apply the word "coon" to anyone in this country, it should be Obama.  As far as Carson goes, he appears to me to be a principled gentleman and Butler is obviously a shameful racist.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.