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Sunday 26 August 2012
The Birther Movement: Beyond Unreasonable Doubt

“Obama wasn’t even born in this country,” she-who-will-remain-nameless proclaimed.

“No, you’ve got it mixed up. McCain wasn’t born in this country,” I said. “He was born in Panama, but it was a U.S. territory at the time.”

“No it’s Obama. He was born in Hawaii and Hawaii wasn’t a state yet.”

“Hawaii became a state in 1959,” I busted out with some grade school civics class knowledge.

And then, there it was, the thing birthers are now being known for: My name-withheld family member then sighed and muttered, “Well, I don’t know.”

“No, you do know. Because I just told you.” I thought but didn’t dare yap aloud. “Hawaii was a state in 1959 and Barack Hussein Obama was born in 1961. He just won the election by the biggest margin since Ronald Reagan and he’s going to be the first half African-American President of the United States.”

“Well, I don’t know,” she continued, sure of herself. Then she switched tactics, “He won’t show anybody his birth certificate.”

“I’ve seen it online,” I said.

“Well, I don’t know. It’s suspicious. Don’t you think it’s suspicious? He won’t show anybody his birth certificate.”

“But he does. He has. I’ve seen it. Online.”

“Well, I don’t know. I think he should show it. It’s interesting though, huh?”

No. No it’s not interesting. There’s nothing interesting. There are questions. Here are answers. Refusing said answers, doesn’t mean there are still questions. Furthermore, refusing other answers and holding tight to doubt then blaming the proof-provider for not being forthcoming does not equal “interesting.”

“Well, I don’t know.”

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    Birtherism is one of the covers for what these people *can’t* say: The “N” word. They’re racists/white supremacists....

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