Calling someone "birther" is like calling someone a fag or any other slur

renard_ruse said:

Its clearly wrong to call someone a "birther" in POLITE discourse. Sure, on the streets or an informal setting it would be fine, but lets be blunt here this is a mean-spirited SLUR that was concocted as an INSULT.

How is the mainstream media and people wishing to have a respectful debate using an overt SLUR contributing to civility or the raising of the political discourse in society???

It would be like someone saying fag when debating homosexual rights issues. It should be outside the bounds of civil discourse to use overt slurs even when you disagree vehemently with your opponents and should certainly not be acceptable in serious "news" articles and headlines.

There should be a debate on why this term is allowed as acceptable in the mainstream. Something is clearly wrong regardless of how you feel about the issue itself.

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renard_ruse said:

Its clearly wrong to call someone a "birther" in POLITE discourse. Sure, on the streets or an informal setting it would be fine, but lets be blunt here this is a mean-spirited SLUR that was concocted as an INSULT.

How is the mainstream media and people wishing to have a respectful debate using an overt SLUR contributing to civility or the raising of the political discourse in society???

It would be like someone saying fag when debating homosexual rights issues. It should be outside the bounds of civil discourse to use overt slurs even when you disagree vehemently with your opponents and should certainly not be acceptable in serious "news" articles and headlines.

There should be a debate on why this term is allowed as acceptable in the mainstream. Something is clearly wrong regardless of how you feel about the issue itself.

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renard_ruse said:

Its clearly wrong to call someone a "birther" in POLITE discourse. Sure, on the streets or an informal setting it would be fine, but lets be blunt here this is a mean-spirited SLUR that was concocted as an INSULT.

How is the mainstream media and people wishing to have a respectful debate using an overt SLUR contributing to civility or the raising of the political discourse in society???

It would be like someone saying fag when debating homosexual rights issues. It should be outside the bounds of civil discourse to use overt slurs even when you disagree vehemently with your opponents and should certainly not be acceptable in serious "news" articles and headlines.

There should be a debate on why this term is allowed as acceptable in the mainstream. Something is clearly wrong regardless of how you feel about the issue itself.

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badbabysitter said:

people dont get beaten to death because other people think they're " birthers"

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renard_ruse said:

Its clearly wrong to call someone a "birther" in POLITE discourse. Sure, on the streets or an informal setting it would be fine, but lets be blunt here this is a mean-spirited SLUR that was concocted as an INSULT.

How is the mainstream media and people wishing to have a respectful debate using an overt SLUR contributing to civility or the raising of the political discourse in society???

It would be like someone saying fag when debating homosexual rights issues. It should be outside the bounds of civil discourse to use overt slurs even when you disagree vehemently with your opponents and should certainly not be acceptable in serious "news" articles and headlines.

There should be a debate on why this term is allowed as acceptable in the mainstream. Something is clearly wrong regardless of how you feel about the issue itself.

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lustatopia said:

And how is Birther a mean spirited slur, like faggot, anyway?

Oh, wait it's not. Renard is just making shit up. The Birthers fucking call themselves BIRTHERS, for Crissakes.

http://www.birthers.org/

BTW, they seem like a really nice pack of howling moonbats...

Renard is right about one thing. Some day in the not to distant future "Birther" will enter the English lexicon as slur for someone who is ignorant, conspiratorial and hateful simultaneously.

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badbabysitter said:

people dont get beaten to death because other people think they're " birthers"

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badbabysitter said:

people dont get beaten to death because other people think they're " birthers"

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Kybele said:

nice site.

some fucking idiot seriously went to military prison because he thought that following an order by obama was invalid because he wasn't really president? they should stick him in a psych ward.

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