THE PLANK SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
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Jonah Goldberg writes:
It is simply an objective fact, not denied by [one of his readers] (nor, I think, by any reasonable person) that the birther theory is a vastly more plausible theory than the truther narrative. [Italics His]
Really? Let's be kind and say that the birther theory has a 1% chance of being correct. And then let's also say that the truther theory has a less than 1% chance of being correct. Unfortunately it cannot be less than 0%. So we are talking about two very implausible theories, neither of which deserve any respect.
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Not sure it's helpful to make up random percentages. Goldberg has a "point" only in that (a) covering up one man's birthplace would be easier than the conspiracy Truthers imagine and (b) sometimes people really are born in foreign countries, much as God-fearing Americans might prefer otherwise. But I think the real wignut analogy to the Truthers are the "death panel" crowd, particularly the ones who fear that euthanizing the elderly and handicapped is a specific Hitlerian goal of the administration (rather than the ones who use the phrase just to cast an emotional color on "rationing," although they're not helping).
- frippo
September 14, 2009 at 6:50pm