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Why do flat earthers think using globetrotter, globetard, and other insults will make the educated arguer fall for the silly flat-earth belief?

09.06.2025 01:59

Why do flat earthers think using globetrotter, globetard, and other insults will make the educated arguer fall for the silly flat-earth belief?

We don't have technology to go to the moon.

The visible horizon always "rises to eye level."

Some of the lies in the Flat Earth narrative seem to exist for that purpose. They are so transparently, obviously false, that they must have some other purpose than evangelism. Why would they make these claims, except to recite the creed in public for other devotees to see?

What is the Replika app, and how does it work?

Water doesn't bend.

The Antarctic treaty restricts independent exploration.

Surveyors and civil engineers never account for curvature

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Millions of scientists and engineers believe the Earth is spheroid primarily because we were brainwashed by NASA.

When they use those terms, they are not trying to convert newcomers to the FE belief. They are signalling their tribal loyalty to other Flat Earthers and their Thought Leaders.

Many of their comments in social media make no sense as evangelism. But they make perfect sense as community affirmation and reinforcement.

I live in Massachusetts. Are there any resources here for people that are being harassed by voice to skull, etc.?