Some Freepers have very strong opinions about all of this.
But these are really academic discussions. Realistically this issue will never be addressed either by legislation, or a court ruling.
Some Freepers do have strong opinions on this issue as I’ve said, it’s a waste of time, I try not to worry about things that ultimately lead nowhere.
What’s true about a lot of people is they get caught up looking at the shiny object that distracts them from much more important things.
In Obama’s case I think he purposefully played up the issue to make his opponents look like conspiracy theorists who were crazy so the real crazy stuff he was doing went undetected and when those same people tried to bring up real issues, they got ignored because they were labeled birthers.