The Birther Decision Chart

[MrScorpio]

I threw this together strictly for the benefit of non-members who are obsessed about lurking on DU and only if they're concerned about whether they may be a birther or not.

Enjoy

[Historic NY]

1. Unfortunately you forgot...

the POTUS is half black...that fires them up all the time.

[MrScorpio]

2. They already know that...

They all rise up in the morning obsessed about it.

[freshwest]

3. I'm sure you've seen the video. They really do believe this stuff.

If one changed the generic personages in it, they might see how silly it all it, how absurd it is.

Any attempt to dissuade them is thwarted by their infusion of propaganda from WND, Prison Planet, Rush, Boortz, Beck and RonPaul2012.

It's on 24/7 and it's a 'whole nuther world.' The zombie apocalypse has already happened and we just missed it here.

Nice graphic, although you could have put more on there, such as questions about what birthright citizenship really is. They tend to forget, because they hate those 'anchor babies.'

[MrScorpio]

4. I was worried that it was too complex for them to follow

We are, after all, dealing with birthers.

[freshwest]

5. So you went with identification instead of education, which they reject, preferring the bogeyman

Way of looking at the world. Maher did a good piece about how they torture themselves (and the rest of us) with manufactured terror. If they'd turn off Fox and the other wingnut voices and took a walk around, they'd see it's a pretty safe world out there for them:

I like the way he gives the reason, 'he's black,' and what they need to get out of bed in the morning. Don't take the baby's candy away or they might have to grow up.

[MrScorpio]

6. If you want to get your point across to these people,

You have to talk to them in terms that they understand