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Re:Deconstructing the President's birth certificate (read be... by adrianwaj on Thursday April 28, 2011 @12:35AM (#2492162)
The anti-birther movement is more concerned about attacking birthers than ending the whole the issue. Legitimate questions should get answers. Are you into censorship too?
Re:Deconstructing the President's birth certificate (read be... by CWuestefeld on Thursday April 28, 2011 @09:07AM (#2493126)
Legitimate questions should get answers.

I've had a policy for some time, where any time I see "common sense" in an argument, I discount the entire thing.

It looks like I'm going to have to institute the same policy for the phrase "legitimate question". The same thing keeps coming up in "truther" arguments as well, and this will help me filter those as well.

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Are you into censorship too?

You need to get a handle on what that word actually means. Deciding that something's silly, and that we'd all prefer to ignore it, has absolutely nothing to do with censorship.

...should get answers

You are functioning as the heckler in a "Heckler's Veto"[1]. By constantly insisting that your "legitimate questions" must be answered you interfere with the conduct of any other discourse.

[1] http://www.rbs2.com/heckler.htm

Re:Deconstructing the President's birth certificate (read be... by adrianwaj on Thursday April 28, 2011 @11:33AM (#2493716)
Well, FWIW, I'd continue my line of thought and argument, but not if I'm going to martyr myself in the process. Common sense, dipshit.
Re:Deconstructing the President's birth certificate (read be... by JoeCortopassi on Thursday April 28, 2011 @12:45AM (#2492183)
Seriously? I'm totally indifferent to Obama. This isn't even about censoring material. This is about a whole group of people who think they can make accusations, then consider their accusations confirmed if the accused does not make every effort to disprove. THIS IS BAD LOGIC. As hackers and programmers, we should be able to see the logical steps that take place in this thinking and realize it is flawed.

If you want to attack or discredit Obama, thats fine. Just do it in a way that doesn't sound like a bunch of third graders arguing over someone having coodies. This inability to think critically is destroying America. We've become a nation of people that emulate the talking heads on t.v. that do nothing more than argue over each other until one gives up.

Re:Deconstructing the President's birth certificate (read be... by oelewapperke on Thursday April 28, 2011 @05:07AM (#2492687)
You do kinda have to admit that presenting an "edited" birth certificate is very unlikely to end the debate. What was wrong with a normal, plan scan ?

Of course that doesn't mean there's an illegitimate president. Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.

And there's certainly no shortage of stupidity on both sides.