I treat everything following a 'but' as a lie when I'm dealing with people I don't know.
It's so common as a dismissal out of hand.
Like hearing someone tell you something and objecting with "but still!"
I doubt the moon landing.
That doesn't mean I'm gonna give an inch to some flat earth piece of shit wanting to spread propaganda and engaged in information warfare against my entire race.
Fuck him.
Fuck him.
There are plenty of problems in the world, we could at least be civil to each other.
we could at least be civil to each other.
why?
Civility is what brought us here to the present.
With all the current problems, getting upset at someone who probably shares many of your values and perspectives, because of their opinion about something that happened (or didn't happen) about 50 years ago, doesn't seem the best use of focus.
'Flat earth' is a label used to discredit some current skeptics BUT that's ok. They are wrong.
'The Truth Movement' was similarly used. These labels eventually devolve into 'conspiracy theorists' and are flogged on propaganda vessels to discourage dissent.
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