Logo

Why do flat earthers think using globetrotter, globetard, and other insults will make the educated arguer fall for the silly flat-earth belief?

12.06.2025 11:35

Why do flat earthers think using globetrotter, globetard, and other insults will make the educated arguer fall for the silly flat-earth belief?

Many of their comments in social media make no sense as evangelism. But they make perfect sense as community affirmation and reinforcement.

Some of the lies in the Flat Earth narrative seem to exist for that purpose. They are so transparently, obviously false, that they must have some other purpose than evangelism. Why would they make these claims, except to recite the creed in public for other devotees to see?

When they use those terms, they are not trying to convert newcomers to the FE belief. They are signalling their tribal loyalty to other Flat Earthers and their Thought Leaders.

16ft great white shark found with perfectly circular hole in head – and we know exactly what caused it - BBC Wildlife Magazine

We don't have technology to go to the moon.

The Antarctic treaty restricts independent exploration.

Surveyors and civil engineers never account for curvature

How can someone determine if their partner is in another romantic relationship, particularly if they do not live together?

The visible horizon always "rises to eye level."

Water doesn't bend.

Millions of scientists and engineers believe the Earth is spheroid primarily because we were brainwashed by NASA.

What do you think is the most powerful line in the song "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" by Édith Piaf?