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To: goat granny

“Anybody that uses the term ‘Birthers’ is a nit wit...That is the lefts and MSM’s word to try and smear anyone that questions the O and his birthplace...Right off it has to be a liberal that uses that word”

It’s a neutral term, to my ears. Nothing derogatory about it in itself. It only takes on a bad connotation because that’s the way the MSM (and conservative outlets) frame it. Like how “colored” or “midget” started out as benign but eventually became slurs, to some people, because of the way others used them.

Terms like “capitalist,” on the other hand, are poisonous to begin with. For although the private ownership of capital is essential to economic theory, it is only part of the story, and a part of the story that people are prone to misunderstand. They’re lucky people don’t call them Kenyaners. At least Birthers points to the strongest part of their argument, i.e. that Obama should be more open.

What would you have us call them, if not Birthers?


283 posted on 07/30/2009 10:35:29 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: Tublecane
Its not a neutral word, its a made up word...Check your dictionary and see if you can find such a word...Like the word homophobe, made up by the left for their own vocabulary.

You want to know what to call "them" if not birthers...How about Americans that have questions about the legit. of Obama's right to be president... You can use the lefts vocabulary all you want, its just as stupid a word as homophobe..

325 posted on 07/30/2009 10:48:19 PM PDT by goat granny
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