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Aristus

(66,091 posts)
12. Stupidity doesn't have to have a motive.
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 10:23 AM
Apr 2020

Maybe they're just stupid, and too stupid to know they're stupid.

Two reasons Miguelito Loveless Apr 2020 #1
My husband's cousin is a flat-earther cyclonefence Apr 2020 #2
I know someone just like that Marrah_Goodman Apr 2020 #6
A simple disk magnet disproves flat earth sanatanadharma Apr 2020 #19
Oh come on cyclonefence Apr 2020 #33
Somebody I Knew RobinA Apr 2020 #29
Exactly right cyclonefence Apr 2020 #34
Well, most of them probably won't ever fly around the globe. dawg day Apr 2020 #3
Being "naughty" is the same reason a lot of trumpers voted as they did. Goodheart Apr 2020 #4
They have this stupid flat map Goodheart Apr 2020 #5
The infamous Mercator projection... Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #15
No, it's not the Mercator projection Goodheart Apr 2020 #17
Oh, I get that, but their map is based on it, sort of... Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #18
LOL, that is totally my cat. dawg day Apr 2020 #23
Air Travel RobinA Apr 2020 #31
There is also a religious element to it too Thyla Apr 2020 #7
Religion Johnny2X2X Apr 2020 #8
So they don't believe in mountains either? dawg day Apr 2020 #24
Currently edhopper Apr 2020 #9
I think a good portion of them do it for fun... Steelrolled Apr 2020 #10
I suspect the same. Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #20
Yeah, I've grown tired of "modern" political discourse Steelrolled Apr 2020 #22
That's exactly it madville Apr 2020 #35
mostly to be contrarians as they think it makes them "special" beachbumbob Apr 2020 #11
Stupidity doesn't have to have a motive. Aristus Apr 2020 #12
They have a tendency to be in one of three groups... Archae Apr 2020 #13
Erode faith in science scrabblequeen40 Apr 2020 #14
Curiously, their motivation is like everyone's motivation sanatanadharma Apr 2020 #16
I don't think so. Goodheart Apr 2020 #21
They're not much different than Young Earth Creationists, actually. MineralMan Apr 2020 #25
Erode faith in science scrabblequeen40 Apr 2020 #26
They finally found out that 2+2 does NOT equal 5, and they need a new cause? DFW Apr 2020 #27
It's about being contrary customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #28
If there's an actual conspiracy, I'd suspect... Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #30
I think flat earthers should get a free trip to outer space to see for themselves... tenderfoot Apr 2020 #32
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