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Part 2: The Birther Issue

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By: Shawn Alli
Posted: June 20, 2020

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We move onto the next article "Birtherism of a Nation" by Adam Serwer.

Ah, yes, the foolish ideology of birtherism. Other than Alex Jones, I don't know of any legitimate conspiracy theorists that believe in the birther conspiracy. Instead of calling it a conspiracy theory, it's more apt to call it what it is. Racism, which the author mentions only once in the article.

Labeling it a "conspiracy" takes away from its racist foundations. Packaging racism under the guise of conspiracy theories is nothing new, which the Jews know very well. Contrary to what you may think, it's their religious views—as opposed to their race/ethnicity that makes them a target for Western-Europeans racists. See The Deep State Conspiracy.

And speaking of religion, Islam is another major reason why the birther story got traction. America hates Muslims. Plain and simple. Islam is seen by Americans in general as a "toxic" religion. And I would agree.

But your last name is Alli. Aren't you a Muslim?

Sigh.

No, I’m not a Muslim. My last name does NOT denote race, ethnicity, culture, or religion.

Even though I lean conservative, I'm anti-religion. All religions are nothing more than ideological cages. Cage the mind, and the body follows. Standard psychological conditioning.

And just in case you forgot, Islam, like most religions, isn't kind to LGBTQ community. To my liberal friends, you're free to challenge that statement in your quest to protect "vulnerable" visible minorities. Many conservatives claimed that Obama was secretly a Muslim. If that was the case, he would have cracked down on the LGBTQ movement. In reality, it was the opposite. Of course, there are conspiracy theorists who believe that Obama is secretly a Muslim or a devil worshipper...or whatever. It's not that difficult to start a conspiracy. It just takes a laptop and a network. But it doesn't mean that the conspiracy theorist has any significant amount of power by advocating such claims.

Perception of power vs. actual power.

But getting back to the issue, the birther issue had little effect on Obama winning in 2008 and 2012. He won both the popular and electoral vote in both elections by wide margins. "Wide" is relative in this context.

Even through the package of the conspiracy label, the birther issue had little effect on the end results. Again, most conspiracy theorists just want an audience to listen to their crazy ideologies. While the Atlantic’s journalists (if we can call them that), continue to hype the "dangerous power" of conspiracy theorists, in the end, most conspiracy theorists simply have too much time on their hands. And they're usually loners who aren't getting laid. They have very little power to affect anything, let alone the political/economic infrastructure of the US government, Corporate America, or the American and global public.

And no, the neo-Nazi movement isn’t a "conspiracy" movement. They're a racist organization that operates under the guise of conspiracies. It would be foolish to paint conspiracy theorists with the same brush as white supremacists. Especially when many visible minorities are conspiracy theorists (be it open or closet).

But visible minority conspiracy theorists don't fit the narrative that liberal media outlets like the Atlantic are selling. That's why they'll never understand humanity and will fail to help it develop. They’ll forever write long-form articles, but none of these articles will push humanity to become better.

And just for fun, take a look at the editor in chief of the Atlantic and the company that owns it. You'll find mainly White people in charge. Take a look at the owners, executives, directors for various liberal media outlets and you'll start to see a pattern. There are lots of visible minorities at the bottom of the rung, but they're strangely absent at the highest rungs of power in these "liberal" companies.

And liberal White people wonder why visible minorities are conspiracy theorists.

Go figure.