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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?

Last Updated: 22.06.2025 15:24

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

The visible horizon always "rises to eye level."

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

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

Two of my family members have recently converted to Islam and have brought shame on my family. How do I get them back into the fold of Hinduism?

The Antarctic treaty restricts independent exploration.

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

Surveyors and civil engineers never account for curvature

Rory McIlroy had three words for USGA official when asked to speak with media at US Open - Golfmagic

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.

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?

Water doesn't bend.

How do I stop my 12-year-old daughter from crying herself to sleep? I have punished her and she still does it.