Birtherism: Deconstructed

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Gosh, who could have seen that coming?
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I am a math and science guy. A point comes when the preponderance of evidence must cause a change in course. It amazes me when folks in the face of overwhelming evidence cling to what amounts to a belief.
 
Hittin' the nail on the head:


Yesterday I was reading up on the birthers to refresh my memory—remind me, where was he actually born?—and took a detour into the anti-papist crusade against John F. Kennedy. I have a Catholic friend who wasn't close to born yet, and he's still fascinated by it, having inherited the memories from his parents. It really was bonkers: questions (serious, of course) as to whether JFK would be under the thumb of the Vatican.

The Tribune found this perplexing, perhaps because the staff of a Chicago paper, where Catholics dominated political life, would instinctually realize the madness of it. What kind of power would a mere pope have against Mayor Daley? He doesn't run a ward organization.

But it was dutifully reported anyway, thanks in part to Trump-like figures like Norman Vincent Peale, doyen of positive thinking except when it came to Catholics: "'Our American culture is at stake,' said Peale. 'I don't say it won't survive, but it won't be what it was.'"

If there's anything sad about the birthers, it's that they represent a decline in the creativity of American conspiracy theorists. So assume Obama wasn't born in America... then what? Is he trying to cover up the fact that he's a secret Muslim? Or that he's an African anti-colonialist? Maybe he's just a moderate neoliberal who happened to be born in Kenya or Indonesia or something. I demand better conspiracy architecture than this.
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Quote from Hello:

LOL, this announcement sent AMT4SWA off the deepend again. It was clearly too much for his conspiracy riddled mind to think that one of his conspiracy theories is complete bullshit. One time i posted a video debunking a bunch of the 9/11 myths and he spent the next 2 weeks spamming the board with truther bullshit, look for him to do the same here. :D
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Off the deep end.......where???


I definitely made sure RCG knew about Coopers past as an intern with the CIA. :cool:
 
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