Category Archives: Understanding the birthers

Is Obama eligibility denialism a conspiracy theory?

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Dr. Conspiracy

This isn’t the first time I’ve asked that question and it’s probably not the last. The classic conspiracy theory collects perhaps random events and attempts to impose an interpretation on them assuming a cause based on a cabal of powerful … Continue reading →

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The ultimate put down

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Dr. Conspiracy

I’m sure someone could do worse, but my idea of the ultimate put down is: You’re incapable of understanding the truth. It’s saying that someone is both wrong and irredeemably wrong. When looking at the pathological thinking of birthers, one … Continue reading →

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Are the birthers on to something?

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Dr. Conspiracy

Even paranoids have enemies I’ve spent a fair amount of time fishing for gold in the birther bucket of mud. This the 1,443rd article I’ve written on this website, not to mention comments here and things I’ve written elsewhere. That’s … Continue reading →

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Consensus v fringe

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Dr. Conspiracy

You’re crazy and I’m not I think the issue of Barack Obama’s eligibility to be President is pretty much settled in everybody’s mind, although not settled in the same way. Most, like me, say that unprecedented amounts of evidence, investigation … Continue reading →

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Lost trust

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Dr. Conspiracy

I don’t pretend to know the answer to what is at the very bottom of the the birther problem, but it appears that at some level it depends on a fundamental distrust of institutions, whether that is government or the … Continue reading →

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Full circle

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Dr. Conspiracy

I’ve been interested in crazy ideas for a long time. What follows is a 15-year-old (at least) article I wrote, reproduced here as an introduction to some things I want to write in the following weeks more specifically on conspiracy … Continue reading →

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