My question for a Flat Earther

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3. I'd add to that "why do you claim southern hemisphere inhabitants lie about their stars?"

People in the northern hemisphere see their stars revolve around the celestial north pole, roughly where the star Polaris is. So most flat earthers say Earth is a disc with the north pole at its centre, and the Pole Star directly above that.

But in the southern hemisphere, they see their stars revolve around the celestial southern pole, which the Southern Cross points to. This is notable enough that several nations have the Southern Cross on their flags.

If the stars follow 2 poles (and near the equator, you can see they're roughly opposite each other), then you've basically got a rotating 3 dimensional object for Earth. The mathematics of observation then shows it's roughly a sphere, but without any math you can still say "it's not flat". So they think 800 million people (plus anyone who has visited and looked at the night sky) are part of the conspiracy.

The movement of the stars was central to the acceptance of a globe in classical times, long before people made round the world voyages and so on.