That there are bad consequences does not address the issue of legitimacy. Or competence, such as with the courts.
When a judge finds one guilty and, as a result bad things happen, it is a clear statement that one's issue was not legitimate. In the case of Dr. Terry Lakin, he was dismissed from the service after 17 years of service, and sent to Leavenworth.
If you like the idea of getting thrown out of the service while nearing retirement, or being denied a license to practice medicine, or being court-martialed, birtherism may be just the thing for you.
Black men and southern courts. Nazis and Jews.
I would think that intelligent men would grasp the concept that power does not make one factually correct, it only makes one capable of imposing one's will on others.
If you like the idea of getting thrown out of the service while nearing retirement, or being denied a license to practice medicine, or being court-martialed, birtherism may be just the thing for you.
Your argument here is "You better conform or bad things will happen to you!"
To that argument I would like to make this rebuttal.