can't... resist... politics

[gfish]

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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[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Trying to argue with people who believe things that contradict reality is pointless. Making public fun of them at least forms an association with ridicule in the minds of people who don't know enough to make an informed decision.
I think it's great to see the Wall Street Journal referring to birthers as lunatics. People are going to hear about stupid, crazy ideas. Might as well link them emotionally to words that are associated with stupid and crazy. Rational argument obviously doesn't work.

[ilmarinen.livejournal.com]

Agreed, any attempt at seriously addressing them only adds legitimacy. Can't argue with folks who have no logic. (This is similarly why I refuse to take solipsists or moral relativists seriously, they have declared themselves outside of rational discourse.)

-B.