Kriselda Gray wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 3:02 am
Sam the Centipede wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 2:54 am
Birtherism was just as cultish, ridiculous and demented (albeit larger and more significant) but even now some of our members look for marshmallows inside the ur-birthers' dried fecal rants.
Our team will undoubtedly continue to pick over the bones of this shitshow until it is dead, buried, rotted,and forgotten.
And returns as the same type of idiocy with slightly different wrappings.
I give you a post by bovril/everalm (Doc C and Old Fogbow) about Birfoonism dated January 23, 2012....... Replace Birther with Maga...... The same issues, the same memes, the same bile and vile, the same goal posts mounted on rocket sleds etc....
https://www.obamaconspiracy.org/2012/01 ... ent-149269
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Birthers as an infection
The problem (one of many) with labelling and categorizing the peristaltic motion of Birferism is that it has many of the characteristics of a virus, a parasite and a cancer cell.
In addition to the “virtual cult” that G, Slarti and I have posited previously it also
Spreads via infection through a susceptible population.
The Internet being the transmission vector, the lamentable education system being the root cause of susceptibility to idiotic memes, the media such as Fox being the underpinning infection weakening the host allowing opportunistic Birfoon viral infection
Compromises the intellectual immune system
A strong immune response through critical thinking, analysis, ability to compare and contrast and openness to fresh and clean information has been critically compromised. This allows the infection to spread and embed itself in carriers, such as the Orly Screech Owl as well as fatally infect and destroy the weak minded such as the Lakin Prison Bird.
Hijacks a hosts immune system
The infective meme embeds itself in existing structures such as racism, right wing politics, entitlement, fear and loathing and attempts to mask its underlying symptoms in high sounding morality whilst actually demonstrating and amplifying the pathologies
Mutates in response to environmental adversity
The Birfoon infection, when a host population starts to attempt to fight the spread of infection via isolation of the infected and destruction of its raw genetic material mutates in order to survive. The early infections labelled, Kenyan Fever, Mobassa Flu and Mooslem Rash have mostly died out having been replaced by new mutated forms including Commie Cramps, Alinsky Ache and the latest and most virulent, Vattels Failed Syndrome. Ocassionally fresh, isolated and immune suppressed groups migrate to the plains where the old weaker infections will spring up, they are usually destroyed in a short period of times.
Masquerading as a legitimate part of the organism, auto-immune suppresion
A frequent response by the infection, to ensure its survival to propagate further, is to attempt to trick the host body by cloaking its disease through masking. The infection will attempt to cloak itself in otherwise benign system cells such as Patriotism, Concern, Just Asking and Fiscal Rectitude. Unfortunately the infection tends to cause these cells to lose their natural governing mechanism and the cellular apoptosis fails to kick in. This leads to a massive and unchecked explosion of unmanaged cellular reproduction. This cancer will continue to spread and will lead to the host being choked in its own waste as well as leading to catastrophic failure in vital organs. See Governance Failure Syndrome, Congressional Cancer, Bi-Partisan Decay.
Parasitic modification of neural responses
In the same manner that certain infection and diseases modify a hosts natural habits and responses (See rabies and hyrdophobia et-al) the Birfoon Infection exhibits some or more of this selection of symptoms.
- Isolation from healthy individuals
Aggression and paranoia
Inability to form coherent responses around the meme
Selective mutism and autism
Incoherence
Natural attraction to the similar infected
Flocking and pack behaviour
Self mutilation
Coprophilia and Coprophagia
Insensate destruction of an individuals personal resources and habitat
Repetitive unconstructive behaviour
A central symptom appears to be
Magpie Syndrome-
An irrational affinity for shiny objects. When a highly shiny object is seen by the sufferer it often may induce a compulsive need to claim it and several minutes of staring at said object. This will later end in the sufferer pocketing the object to add to his/ her collection by a sunny windowsill at home. If a shiny object is outside of a sufferers grasp it will usually result in a strong, though usually short-live obsession over it.
In my next paper we will discuss the palliative, disinfective and other treament methods….
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Ditto the taxonomy break down by same
https://www.obamaconspiracy.org/2013/01 ... ent-243688
I also tried to provide a taxonomy of Birfoons as well…….
A taxonomy of the clades of Birthers
A viable democratic state (yes Birfoons I know the US is a republic. it’s still one of the forms of democracy) needs to have dissent and opposing views.
Unfortunately the freedoms of a democracy mean that the mad and the bad still get to play and piss in the pool.
I break the Birfoons into roughly 4 buckets
Fellow travellers, or “birther curious”
These are the folks who for whatever reasons feel that there must be SOMETHING at the bottom of all the loud and insane hoopla but don’t actually feel it is a critical issue. They are basically Republican and Independants but will vote their pocket books come the presidential election. The whole Birther thing makes them a little MORE suspicious of Obama but would recoil in horror from the Danae/BZ mob. May have read bits of Corsi’s books
The PBI (Poor Bloody Infantry)
These are the hard core birthers, the foot soldiers and ALL CAPS posters. The idea of Obama as an illegitimate candidate and Usurper falls straight in with their general hate for the Other, the Marxist/Commie/Socialist/DemonCrat.
Bigots by nature, racist by inclination at the very least and will latch onto any idea, no matter how insincere and inconsistent that support their world view. Never voted Democrat, proud of it, never will vote Democrat and calling someone a “Progressive” is (in their minds) a deadly insult.
These are the the ones that think Orly and Dean and Mario are patriotic hero’s but there is major schisms between the varying faiths only bound by hate for the uppity black Demoncrat in OUR WHITE HOSUE !!Q!@!!!R$^&*
These are the “No Nonsense Nancy”, Lakinista’s, RacerJim, Red Steels of Internet fame
Main drivers are hate and fear
The Mad
Well, Orly, BZ, Dr K(H)ate epitomise this clade of the Birfer Bunch. They not only latch onto every single new (and old) meme or piece of BS that floats, frothy to the surface like ripe Santorum, they MAKE the memes, the wholly believe the memes and it infests and infects all parts of their real lives.
These people may not only be one of..narcissists, delusional, sociopathic, racist, self harming, isolationist and generally barking mad, they usually are most if not all of them.
They have a well documented pattern of estrangement from family and friends, self destructive behaviour, OCD like activity in support of their views, packrat hoarding of irrelevant data minutae along with a magpies desire for the shiny-shiny. They are consumed by their hate and activities and there is a strong self absorbed ME ME ME need for attention and validation. Cannot accept criticism of any part, no matter how small, of their data set and mind state. Paranoid and delusional, convinced that they are a major player and self appointed guardian of what is RIGHT (politically as well as morally). Convinced rules are for others and any requirement that they have to adhere to these rational norms is a direct attack…Cult like behaviour (see Virtual Cult passim).
The Bad…The Carpet-Baggers
The cynical war mongers and opportunistic scavengers epitomised by the Birfer Bux Carpet- Baggers like Dean, Corsi, Farah, Arpaio, Trump et-al
Most of them see this as a way to expolit the gullible and stupid for gain, be it for The Precious PayPal, for attention to feed an overweening ego, for political purposes or some or all of the above.
They see the Birthers as sheep or a cash cow to be harvested and fleeced to feed their personal and political needs.
This is also tied into a plain and obvious hate and envy for someone who is demonstrably more important, sucessful and relevant than they can ever be and there is a substantial amount of bigotry and political hate bound into their own perceived self worth.
In some ways these are the most detestable of the 4 Klans, pure bottom feeding vermin with neither principles or morals and a taste for carrion.
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I trust these are of interest……
it’s time we left them to it.
We'll see how that works out for ya.
