Thursday, May 05, 2011

The Rise of the Osama bin Laden Conspiracies.

Article quoted by Josh Dzieza for The Daily Beast:

Birthers who claimed President Obama was not born in the U.S. have moved on to another wild conspiracy theory: that Osama bin Laden was not really killed last Sunday—or was killed to shut him up, and then quickly buried at sea.

TPJ: The "Deathers" who have graduated from "Birthers" are like vultures. The death of Osama gives the "Birthers" a new conspiracy nut-land for them to play in. Wake up and smell the reality!! For a developed country, we sure have a lot of dumb and gullible people. If Osama isn't dead and his compound wasn't raided, then where did the "treasure trove" of information they captured from his compound come from?

These people will never believe our president is legitimate because it's easier for them to believe that, than believe that a man who doesn't look like any of our previous presidents, nor has an European based name, could be our president. They see him as a reminder that their, "white bread" "Leave it to Beaver" world is dissipating. So, they are clinging to the memories of that period in an attempt to deny the new face of America.

Some of it is race related but I don't think a lot of the racist thinking is even conscious, and that is another reason why I think people are trying to find some other reason to make him illegitimate. They don't want to admit to themselves that maybe they have problems with his race. Thus, instead of admitting that they need to change, they try and pin all kinds of false charges to Obama, so they don't have to change and adapt.

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3 comments:

BayouCane said...

Birthers moving on to becoming deathers...I had to chuckle when I read that. A commentator posed a question this evening on TV that should be asked of anyone we meet who is in denial, namely, "Are you willing to admit that President Obama is just as American as you are?" If they hedge on that, I would try my best to help them understand that they have a problem.

Octopus said...

In my humble undersea community, there is a controversy raging about whether it was best to kill bin Laden or capture him for trial. I've stayed away from these discussions - seeing merit in both sides of the argument and a reflection of my own ambivalence. Given a choice between performing seals versus kangaroos holding court, perhaps this is the final irony fit for our times: Carp got the last of bin Laden.

Handsome B. Wonderful said...

BayouCane...I couldn't agree more about the hedging regarding the Obama question.

@Octopus...The whole saga has been sad but I'm glad he won't hurt anyone ever again.