There are 1) genuine retards who think the earth is flat 2) midwits who distrust authority to such an extent that they will believe the earth is flat just because it's edgy 3) shills who wish to popularise flat earth movement in order to discredit all criticism of popular scientism.
There are also people who choose not to have fortified opinions on things that require trusting something that had been told to them. I’m am by no means a flat earther, but the Bible does say the earth is flat and I, personally, can’t empirically prove the shape of the earth so I don’t completely dismiss it. I also know that a large part of what we have been taught is BS.
But, 99% of flat earthers are retards and until one of them makes a convincing argument I will continue to believe the earth is spherical
I like the first half of your comment. It's well put.
It's fairly trivial to prove the earth isn't flat merely by geometry; travel in a triangle with 60 degree turns and you won't end up where you started. People knew this in ancient times way before christianity.
But I should have clarified that I respect the stubborn contrarian flat-earthers more than docile consensus worshippers. Even if they are wrong. It's always better to be a retarded skeptic than a gullible believer, of the two extremes.
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