Card is about to display his extremely prejudiced tendencies here, but unfortunately he is not completely off about why Obama was elected.

In 2008, Obama gained from a surge in minorities voting Democrat. But he also got more of the white vote than John Kerry did in 2004. Why? Because Obama reportedly “transcends race” and allowed white voters to “feel good about themselves”.

These are all code phrases for “he’s black, but he’s not black.” This demonstrates just how institutionalized racism is, even among white liberals and the left.

This is a doozy…Obama recently withdrew aid from Egypt after the military coup and subsequent crackdown on civilians, which has lead to over 1000 civilian deaths. There is no direct aid going to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

The Syrian Civil war, which began as peaceful protests against the government, has turned into an all-out sectarian conflict thanks to U.S., Russian, Iranian, and Saudi Arabian influence. Many of the rebel forces are members of the Muslim Brotherhood, and it’s true that the U.S. has been aiding them financially and strategically. However, Obama has been criticized – particularly by Republican Hawks – for not sending enough support to the Syrian rebels.

For context, check out these annotated documents on News Genius for more context:

Obama’s Speech On Syria

John McCain on Syrian Intervention

Cost of Syrian Intervention

This one actually is a “historical lie” to some degree, but it began way back in the 1500’s, and isn’t exactly taken serious by most historians. This is called “folk history”.

The boys, Prince Edward V (12) and Richard of Shrewsberry (9) disappeared from the Tower of London around 1483, while under the “protection” of their uncle Richard. After this, good ol' uncle Richard was free to take the throne for himself, which certainly sounds like enough motive to kill if you ask me. Nonetheless, there’s little evidence about what really happened.

Henry Tudor is also a suspect, among many, but back in those days it could have been anybody.

Obviously, historiography is not a “perfect science” and although there are certain techniques which are acceptable and unacceptable, socio-political factors can certainly have a negative effect on historical interpretation. This is why constant critique and revision of available sources is necessary.

This, however, is not what Card is attempting to do. The Gallipoli campaign was a war of aggression against the Ottoman Empire and is considered one of the most spectacular failures of WWI, by virtually all mainstream historians. Though the Ottoman Empire arguably suffered worse losses, Churchill failed to accomplish any of his goals.

Probably the only sliver of truth in Card’s far out thought experiment here. Except…Card is implying that historians – as a whole – lie about events. This historical denial is akin to science denial, where someone tries to promote this idea that even through peer review and constant critique, individual historians are able to manipulate the facts.

This is a very conspiratorial stance, and even has a name; it’s called historical negationism, or disinformation. The difference between negationism and rigorous historiography is:

Reputable and professional historians do not suppress parts of quotations from documents that go against their own case…They do not present, as genuine, documents which they know to be forged just because these forgeries happen to back up what they are saying. They do not invent ingenious, but implausible, and utterly unsupported reasons for distrusting genuine documents, because these documents run counter to their arguments…They do not consciously attribute their own conclusions to books and other sources, which, in fact, on closer inspection, actually say the opposite.

Another total misrepresentation, borrowed from the far right conspiracy community. The comments in question were made on the 2008 campaign trail, and have nothing at all to do with policing or domestic security.

Obama was referring to an increase in AmeriCorps openings, which is basically the biggest community service organization in the country.

People of all ages, stations and skills will be asked to serve. Because when it comes to the challenges we face, the American people are not the problem – they are the answer. So we are going to send more college graduates to teach and mentor our young people. We’ll call on Americans to join an energy corps, to conduct renewable energy and environmental clean-up projects in their neighborhoods all across the country.

Of course, the truth doesn’t really matter, because even this will be misrepresented as Obama forcing Americans into “mandatory labor” where we’ll all be forced to actually “help our neighbors”…ewww, what kind of socialist crap is this??

This is something his opponents have been trying to spread since before he even took office. Waaay back in late Novemeber 2008, just after he was elected, Georgia Congressman Paul Broun was already talking about the upcoming “Obama dictatorship” with anyone that would listen.

Unsurprisingly, conspiracy theorists have some serious photoshop skills…

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