Radio Host Michaelangelo Signorile had a call on his show from a man in Alabama who is convinced that Barack Obama is not an American. The call is a stark examination of how no facts, no amount of proof, no birth certificate will EVER satisfy these people. They are desperate to believe that the Obama Presidency is the result of some vast conspiracy.
This call to the show from Winston in Alabama confirms why the birther conspiracy will never go away, a fascinating look at why crazy beliefs endure. Even after all the facts were explained to Winston, and after he appeared to agree that the facts were right, he still held doubts that President Obama was born in this country.
What's clear to me is that birthers have other reasons for which they dislike the president, even hate him -- and some of those reasons are too ugly, perhaps, for them to even admit to themselves. Hence, they cling to this conspiracy even after it's disproved.
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