Truther vs Birther - What's the difference?
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Person believing that the United States government perpetrated or allowed the terrorist attacks.
* May 22, 2006 , George Washington,
* September 13, 2009 , Stephen Collinson,
* September 20, 2009 , David Ignatius,
*:The Iranian president is even a "truther ," insisting that there was a hidden hand behind Sept. 11, 2001. "Could it be planned and executed without coordination with intelligence and security services — or their extensive infiltration?" he mused in the letter to Bush.
Person believing that the United States government perpetrates, supports, funds or allows false flag attacks.
* 2013 , D Wittkower, Philip K. Dick and Philosophy
* 2014 , Lori, Badura, Tell It Like It Isn't (Page 226)
* 2014 , Ralph Cinque, A review of the trailer of James Lambert's new film Group: alt.assassination.jfk
One who gives birth
* {{quote-book, 1951, Erico Verissimo, Time and the Wind, page=583
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* {{quote-news, 1998, January 22, , Paper Disputes Claims of Oldest Brit to Deliver, Philadelphia Inquirer
, passage=Liz Buttle, Britain's oldest birther , lied about not taking fertility drugs and didn't conceive her 2-month-old boy in the usual way as she insisted.}}
A believer in one or more conspiracy theories, holding that President Barack Obama is not a "natural born" citizen of the United States, and therefore ineligible for the presidency.
* {{quote-news, 2008, December 8, Jay Bookman, 'Shut up about the birth certificate', Atlanta Journal-Constitution
, passage=I confess I do have some sympathy for the "birthers ," though. As an outsider, it's hard to distinguish between the zany arguments that get official approval by the conservative establishment --- things like Bill Ayers, Michelle Obama's infamous "whitey" tape, the claim that Obama is a closet Marxist --- and those arguments that are considered beyond the pale.}}
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 7, author=Paul Krugman, title=The Town Hall Mob, work=New York Times
, passage=Senator Dick Durbin has suggested that the birthers' and the health care protesters are one and the same; we don’t know how many of the protesters are ' birthers , but it wouldn’t be surprising if it’s a substantial fraction. }}
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Truther is a related term of birther.
As nouns the difference between truther and birther
is that truther is person believing that the united states government perpetrated or allowed the terrorist attacks while birther is one who gives birth.truther
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(en noun)Social Proof, George Washington's Blog:
- Therefore, virtually every press release or statement about 9/11 should include a reference to the poll to show people that many Americans are 9/11 truthers who scoff at the 9/11 Commission as a fraud and that demand a real 9/11 investigation.
New York reveals demands for new 9/11 probe may go to vote as Americans mark eighth anniversary, The Sunday Mail:
- The vote is likely to tear open old wounds as groups such as the "truthers ", including actor Charlie Sheen who believe Americans have never been told the truth about what really happened on 9/11, try to persuade New Yorkers to open a new probe that would reinvestigate the attacks.
Reading Iran by the Letter, The Washington Post:
- For instance, "truthers " who believe in a US government conspiracy to destroy the pentagon
- Rather, believers of this conspiracy theory (known as Sandy Hook “truthers ”) propose that the entire event might have been staged by Homeland Security and FEMA
- ... because I think that we JFK truthers may be able to use this film to our ...
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