You know, I think “birther” is a term ascribed so as to divert attention from what they are asking for. A “birther” would be someone who is in favor of birth, which pretty much everyone has gone through, if their mother allowed them to. I am a “birther”, in favor of birth. I don’t know of anyone who is against birth, per se. There are those in favor of abortion, but they come to favor birth eventually when they want to actually have children. No, “birther” does not describe people who want to see a birth certificate. That is why there is no “birther movement.”
I liked the term I saw yesterday, applied to Donald Trump, and that is “Proofer”, someone who is in favor of proof. I am a “Proofer”, in that I want to see proof. I am asked for proof lots of times. I’m not a “Poofter”, that is something else entirely, and not even on the same subject. I wonder if there is a “Poofter Movement”. Hmmmm.
Anyway, I have to prove USA citizenship, because I am white and speak with an American accent. But if someone is Mexican, it would be profiling to ask to see proof of citizenship. And the same for Presidents. Sarah Palin will be disqualified if she doesn’t show hers, and already they are trying to poke holes in Trump’s birth certificate, but Obama, well, you racist conservatives are profiling again. It would be funny if it weren’t so serious.
Sounds way too much like poofer, so it will never catch on.
“Birther” was coined on Democratic Underground to #1)marginalize people who question Zer0’s eligibility and #2) try to link the doubters to the 9-11 truther kooks in the public mind.