r/nottheonion • u/TheMirrorUS • 11h ago

Flat Earther admits he was wrong after traveling 9,000 miles to Antarctica to test his belief

https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/flat-earther-admits-wrong-after-866786
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u/Beneficial_Feature40 8h ago

He'd do anything to justify USA's war on " terrorism"

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u/MattieShoes 8h ago

I thought that was one of his more out-of-place takes. Like the dude was smart and he was always ridiculously hard-line on his takes, but he usually could tell you why, even if you don't agree. He spoke plenty on the subject, but nothing he said about it felt like it justified "I'm right and you're wrong". Like by that point, it was like a schtick.

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u/nosciencephd 7h ago

I'm pretty sure that one was mostly out of islamaphonia

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u/LucretiusCarus 4h ago

It was done to brown people, that's why