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17. The birther meme

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 08:03 PM

Sep 2016

was always one tiny step away from direct racism and direct personal criticism. One could claim his/her hands were clean. Even though the intent was personal to demonize the President and the office of the presidency, they were talking about a "thing," not a person. Horrible logic, but I know several random people who have tried to justify this non-logic. And now their cover is blown.

"Lying" Hillary, "Pocahontas" Elizabeth, and similar more recent overt childish name-calling from Donald Trump are aimed more directly at individual people and not some thing like a birth certificate. The people I know who believe Trump have a harder time repeating the name-calling.

Thanks for posting. No scientific analysis on my part. Just what I've experienced with right-wing acquaintances.

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QUESTION: Why are white folks more mad about the Birtherism than all the other racist shit [View all] uponit7771 Sep 2016 OP

Really? SHRED Sep 2016 #1

Nope, just my observation uponit7771 Sep 2016 #4

Suppose Trump judged human beings by the size of their feet? misterhighwasted Sep 2016 #8

It seemed the congressional black caucus was pretty unusually pissed today too. (nt) enough Sep 2016 #2

Because they bought into it. IllinoisBirdWatcher Sep 2016 #3

Thx, that explains the ones that want cover but not the ones it seems (to me) that let everything uponit7771 Sep 2016 #7

The birther meme IllinoisBirdWatcher Sep 2016 #17

thx, sounds similar to being able to relate to the person who's the victim of something... uponit7771 Sep 2016 #18

Just caught Rachel Maddow's piece on the Alt-Right secret DC press conference IllinoisBirdWatcher Sep 2016 #20

omfg... saw that too... sKeered shitless... I've been posting tRump is a text book white supremacist uponit7771 Sep 2016 #21

Good point, IBW. brer cat Sep 2016 #24

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #25

Because it insults all "white people". misterhighwasted Sep 2016 #5

True, I agree... just not seen this much vitriol towards tRump regarding all the other racist and... uponit7771 Sep 2016 #10

That's a question for the media then. As for regular non-media "white folks" misterhighwasted Sep 2016 #14

right... I have a feeling their execs will be telling em to lay of Benedict Donald to get some ratin uponit7771 Sep 2016 #15

News cycle will keep moving. It is Friday afterall and the NRA just shored up misterhighwasted Sep 2016 #16

Are you asking so-called "white folks"? Bok_Tukalo Sep 2016 #6

The judge was new, the bitherism seemed like a disqualifier from the start... its just talking heads uponit7771 Sep 2016 #9

We're not. raging moderate Sep 2016 #11

my guess is that it's because a lot of white people voted for obama unblock Sep 2016 #12

Makes sense ... thank you, empathy plays a huge part of when peoples claws come out on an issue uponit7771 Sep 2016 #13

Timing mercuryblues Sep 2016 #19

I am a white person. murielm99 Sep 2016 #22

My thought The Polack MSgt Sep 2016 #23

Because it's easy Uponthegears Sep 2016 #26

Seems to be a consensus that bitherism is easy so there's little excuse not to be upset about it uponit7771 Sep 2016 #32

the press is particularly animated about this. apcalc Sep 2016 #27

I haven't read the thread yet Jarqui Sep 2016 #28

My understanding is the media has normalized the stupid, like in Germany when 1 person owned or uponit7771 Sep 2016 #30

I certainly agree to a significant extent Jarqui Sep 2016 #33

All the things people hate about Trump Worktodo Sep 2016 #29

+1, seems like that's a conscensus also; the stupid of birtherism is easy and encapsulates the wrong uponit7771 Sep 2016 #31

Why did you feel the need Coolest Ranger Sep 2016 #34

I feel safer posting this here than in GD, I wanted an answer from a black perspective uponit7771 Sep 2016 #35

I'm not. LWolf Sep 2016 #36

Locking Off Topic JustAnotherGen Sep 2016 #37