can't... resist... politics

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I'm beginning to think that the term "birther" is far too silly and easily dismissed. This is turning into some deep ugliness, and letting them hide behind a quirky conspiracy theory name isn't helping. Maybe we should all just start calling them crypto-racists instead.

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Crypto-racists certainly implies more than the birther. The thing that gets me is that they're not only racists, they're xenophobes as well and have very little grasp of the concept of "facts". It's like taking the worst of what I grew up with and making it mainstream. My head hurts from the whole thing.

I agree with Juli that just joking about it actually makes it more acceptable. It's also became acceptable for people who would *NEVER* SAY anything RACIST think that it's okay to let all their racial issues out to fly under the cover of being skeptics. *sigh*

Why, yes, this IS a hot button topic for me.