Bin Laden Dead?

I figure the birther thing emerged whole cloth out of the collective psyche of those with a oedipal need to delegitimize an authority figure--better that than admit the questionable legitimacy of authority per se.

Who is to say Obama was even born?

if somehow the birthers were right, if the guy who first brought it up had some inside info or whatever, would you still think that the movement as a whole or the subsequent movement to impeach him was a racist thing?

this chain of hypothetical events is just so dumb in so many ways, sorry if no one wants to waste their time persuading you

Did anyone ever see bin Laden and Obama in the same room? Funny that he hasn't really done the media thing much since Obama's been in the spotlight. They're both tall men, have we ever seen Osama without a beard?!?

omg i hear frogbs is a rapist.

So then why the hell does the question of where he was born even come up? Is there a particular reason to talk about that issue, outside of presidential eligibility?

b/c I asked him about it, at the time I really had no idea what it was all about
you can buy into a theory without having the same motives as the people who created it

Couple that with the fact that many in the Birther movement often were the same who said "I think Obama is a closet Muslim" simply because of his name and skin color, without subjecting the evidence to any real scrutiny, and there you go.

The Secret Muslim thing is pure racism, as these people believe that being a Muslim is a genetic trait, passed down from the father, and not a matter of faith or choice.

There's no reason to think there is any inside info or whatever, and all the reason in the world to think he is an eligible president - so maintaining scepticism is just stupid, which is even worse.

you can buy into a theory without having the same motives as the people who created it

― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2011 18:43 (10 seconds ago) Bookmark

yes but you can't do it without sounding like a complete dickhead.

this chain of hypothetical events is just so dumb in so many ways, sorry if no one wants to waste their time persuading you

smh

this isn't really the thread for 'birtherism 101' ppl

you can buy into a theory without having the same motives as the people who created it

not that one, you can't

frogbs

Many a well-meaning policy, plus awful ones like apostasy, is based on Islam being passed down at birth

There's no reason to think there is any inside info or whatever, and all the reason in the world to think he is an eligible president - so maintaining scepticism is just stupid, which is even worse.

some people are more or less predisposed to believe these sorts of conspiracy theories especially if you're browsing the right sort of blogs all day

hey guys did you remember when bin laden died?

is your dad captainlorax

There's no reason to think there is any inside info or whatever, and all the reason in the world to think he is an eligible president - so maintaining scepticism is just stupid, which is even worse.

some people are more or less predisposed to believe these sorts of conspiracy theories especially if you're browsing the right sort of blogs all day

― frogbs, Monday, 2 May 2011 18:47 (33 seconds ago) Bookmark

5t0rmfr0nt blogs?

great news guys:

In wake of bin Laden death, sports once again plays important role

right now i'm just saying FROOOG BEE EEEEESSSS!!! in a colonel klink style

guys, enough

Sports venues host the purest expression of brain-dead nationalism

has someone posted 3-6 mafia 'bin laden' on this thread yet?

you can buy into a theory without having the same motives as the people who created it

not that one, you can't

― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, May 2, 2011 5:45 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

tbh I kind of think it is possible thru ignorance + right-wing media which have been rumored to exist in some pockets of American society

has someone posted 3-6 mafia 'bin laden' on this thread yet?

― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Monday, 2 May 2011 18:51 (34 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yes!

Breaking news: Rush Limbaugh praises Obama without reservation.

^^^actually upset that isn't a rickroll.

not a single person I work with has even brought this up today. I do work with lots of people who are uncomfortable talking about politics, but still, it seems weird. So anticlimactic.

there's really not much to say

We did, in the "man, crazy stuff!" context. Also, the poor guy on twitter who accidentally live-tweeted the helicopter action.

Although one dude was saying oil prices are down 2% so I cracked a joke about bin Laden having a huge stockpile of oil in the garage of that house.

my boss ended a staff mtg today with "well, bin laden's dead" and everyone was like "yup"

Yeah, nobody has mentioned it here either.

not that one, you can't

i would guess your definition of what constitutes "racist behavior" is pretty damn loose then

what would the motive be if someone believed for whatever reason that Bush wasn't born in the country?

oddly enough I found out while I was at a lightning bolt show

take that arab on radar

It's not how Bin Laden would've wanted it

rush, whaaaaa

ha modern office chitchat about lyfe has migrated almost entirely online i bet! nobody is really talking about it irl here, but i bet the nation's commercial trunk internet lines are pretty busy...

i mean, i've been reading blogs and news sites for about, let's see, four hours straight? i don't really feel the need to talk to anyone in the cubes around me.

exactly

The apathy, I mean (million xps probably)

here's something for a slate explainer: will the seal who shot him get that $multimillion reward?

hey guys did you remember when bin laden died?

― popular gay automobile (a hoy hoy), Monday, May 2, 2011 6:47 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah in an awesome scarface style shootout with navy seals at his fuckin sweet gangsta mansion

Can we talk about Pakistan's ISI?

here's something for a slate explainer: will the seal who shot him get that $multimillion reward?

whoever shot him is pretty set for life regardless. could prob be a motivational speaker.

where are the tony montana image macros I ask you

I did find it funny how the media stressed the fact that it was an American missile that took him out

I'd be curious what they'd say if he was killed by friendly fire or if they'd just say it was an American missile

sod this i'll be cross if trump doesn't win tonight

What the hell are you talking about? Get off this thread if you can't even read the news.
x-post
"missile"

whoever shot him is pretty set for life regardless. could prob be a motivational speaker.

― iatee, Monday, May 2, 2011 1:03 PM (43 seconds ago) Bookmark

i have to imagine your ex-special forces dudes are fairly well set up? maybe not tho, scrapping around for some outfit like blackwater seems a little undignified to me, and the money is famously very good. but clearly men who get into this line of work are wired up a little different than you or me, they just really like it possibly.

we're never gonna know who it was, is the thing.

"missile" what the fuck are you even talking about

"Did anyone ever see bin Laden and Obama in the same room?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuMShxAq7XQ