Found this little gem during my daily internet rummagings.
In recent months, right-wing opinion outlets of varying pedigrees have accused Barack Obama of participating in an increasingly preposterous web of dopey conspiracies, including plots to make himself the next Hitler, to forge his birth certificate and, most sinisterly, to make children learn Spanish.
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Each conspiracy will be rated on a scale of 1 to 10 wingnuts that will be a reflection of its originality, implausibility and sheer, flat-out insanity.
Well worth a look.
It really gives a nifty look into the lunacy of the Right, and just how stupid they can truly be.
I mean, I've been aware of these smears since I'm fairly politically aware, but I usually just dismissed them, thinking them as nothing more than "The usual business of the Right." Nothing new, nothing special, something to be calmly debunked and then ignored.
And while that may be true, reading this article really made me think. It struck me as to how insane these smears are, and it made me sad for the children that are depending on these people for survival.
When you argue that Obama wants to be the next leader of an ideology that hates black people and it doesn't occur to you why that's a really fucking stupid thing to believe...
I mean, Jesus.
I'm scared that these people undoubtedly have jobs other than cooking up whacked-out conspiracy theories, and they may actually come in contact with--or God help us, have some control over--other more normal humans.
This may actually keep me up at night.