“Birther” is the “new ‘N’ word”

According to a Scottsdale gun-law author, the word “birther” is a derogatory term “equivalent of the ‘N’ word.”

Perhaps it’s not surprising to hear something a bit nuts coming from the author of After You Shoot: Your Gun’s Hot. The Perp’s Not. Now What?, but Alan Korwin actually got this on the East Valley Tribune and Arizona Republic websites.

“‘Birther,’ used by the media with impunity, is a derogatory slur, the equivalent of the ‘N’ word used for another group to cast them as sub-human,” Korwin writes. “You apply this new ‘N’ word to a huge group of politically-active Americans who’ve raised legitimate questions on a legitimate topic.”

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