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Originally Posted by Willravel
According to polling, 39% of Republicans are birthers. If about 39% of all adults are Republican (that's the best figure I could find), and there are about 200 million adults in the US, that means that there are about 30 million birthers, or 1 in every 10 Americans.
As for political impact, ask yourself why there are congressmen and senators standing up for these morons.
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Various surveys will show different numbers, but this one shows almost 90% of blacks favor reparations for slavery. I bet most of these people who say yes are pretty casual about it, but a much smaller number are passionate about it. the issue of reparations is in the news, but hardly a movement. By comparison I would say reparations is much closer to a "movement" than "birthers". The survey results you cite don't make me put "birthers" in the "movement" category.
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Eighty-nine percent of blacks believe the federal government should offer a combination of cash payments, debt forgiveness and social welfare programs to compensate for the devastating effects of slavery and racial segregation, according to a new survey released Tuesday.
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Survey Shows Most Blacks Favor Slavery Reparations - NAM
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Originally Posted by dippin
Are they trying to achieve any political goals?
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Yes, however the believers are a splintered group. If you talk to some, they have a goal of uncovering this and some other perceived cover ups by the government.
It is interesting but if you took the above sentence out of context, it could apply to almost any fringe group, including "birthers". I think the ambiguity in their message is one reason I would not consider fringe groups with all kinds of out of the mainstream ideas something less than a "movement".
You know, I cannot really believe I am actually debating this with you folks - keep on believing "birthers" are a serious threat to Obama, just back off of calling people racists.