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http://theflatearthsociety.org/cms/

Kill them.

>> No.1470625

I heard the entire website is nothing but debaters trying to "test their own Tabasco" by arguing absurd things such as the Earth being flat.

>> No.1470634

>>1470625
Yep. It's mainly for people practising their debate skills.

>> No.1470643

>>1470625
>>1470634

This is why politics is so backwards today. You don't need a valid point, you just need rhetorical skills and charisma.

>> No.1470651

>>1470625
Well I'll be damned. I knew it wasn't serious but I never knew the whole purpose.

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1470655

http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=38615.0

levee's post

what the fuck

>> No.1470660

>>1470643
>>1470643

spoiler! It's always been that way..

>> No.1470670

>>1470660

Nah, before the advent of modern media, people voted on the issues.

>> No.1470681

>>1470670
i don't even..

>> No.1470687

>>1470655
wut

>> No.1470691

>>1470605

>The Earth is really flat.
>Trans Atlantic flights around the world go in circle to get their passengers to pay more for a longer trip.....
>The rest of the "evidence" for a globe is a haux created by Christian leaders to have a bases for the whole "Bible interpretation" thing so that they are free to twist the Biblical teachings towards their own evil ends.


What do you think?

I'm fairly proud of my third point. I might have used more eloquent words but I think I can get it across no?

>> No.1470697

>>1470670
Let's all blame Andrew Jackson.

>> No.1470715

>>1470691

>>The rest of the "evidence" for a globe is a haux created by Christian leaders to have a bases for the whole "Bible interpretation" thing so that they are free to twist the Biblical teachings towards their own evil ends.

Nice I like how you blame those who the reader thinks you'd be favoring and for a tin foil conspiracy theory it's much more credible then most.

>> No.1470742

>>1470715
3rd party here. I used that method a lot. It really messes up peoples' intellectual footing if they can't put me into any of their preconceived groupings. The easiest way is too say you are part of the group you are criticizing, like saying you are a capitalist when you are complaining about capitalism.

>> No.1470796

>>1470691

I was just thinking about how to make a point for that theory. Just using some conspiracy sounds lame to me. Well I guess you can't avoid to say that "no human was ever really in space, it's just some story for the government to show off how powerful they are" but other than that I'd like to avoid conspiracies cause they are totally imba