They just can't get over it-Obama birthplace mistake: Yahoo! News declines comment

[ljm2002]

32. Glad to hear that...

...but that is still an idiotic error to make in the first place.

Furthermore, your challenge to me was in regards to her gender, implying that had something to do with my reaction.

You could have responded with this information in the first place, eh? Your response today adds information that I readily admit I was not aware of. Your previous response had no content other than to imply something about my motives, about which you had ZERO information.

So yes, I am glad to hear she does not subscribe to birtherism. I am glad to hear she has helped to expose and discredit birthers. Perhaps someone on staff put it in the story in order to sabotage her? Otherwise, I'm still not sure how it got in there. Usually a reporter with a byline is the one who writes the story in the first place, so when this sort of error occurs it is natural to assume that the reporter put it there.

My reaction was a knee-jerk reaction, yes. Your initial reaction to me was weird. This one is great. Thanks for the info.

on edit: BTW I am both female and a longstanding feminist. I did not respond to your first post with that information because I don't generally feel it necessary to present my bona fides in response to implied accusations from random strangers, particularly when they are irrelevant to the original topic.