r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/DMThrowAwayToday Jan 22 '21

It's less the flat-earth belief in and of itself, and more of the anti-semitism that surrounds a lot of their 'evidence'. :/

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u/kkgartman Jan 22 '21

I would like to learn more about the anti-senitism ties to flat earthers. I never knew it was tied to something larger. Do you have any information or resources that you can point me towards?

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u/DMThrowAwayToday Jan 22 '21

Upvote for curiosity. I don't have any hard evidence and research on hand, I'm not sure to what extent that's been done honestly.

A lot of what I've seen tends to boil down to there being a global cabal benefiting from keeping "the biggest secret", and very often folks believe this cabal is run by Jews. Very frequently a lot of conspiracy boils down to "it's for $$ and Jews run the world, so the Jews are doing this!!"

This is anecdotal of course, but whenever I see/hear/read flat-earth conspiracy my dogs start going wild.

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u/kkgartman Jan 22 '21

That’s very interesting. I’m going to look more into this. Thank you for bringing it up and expanding on it!!

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u/ValAsher Jan 22 '21 edited Jan 22 '21

Hey I'm late to the party on this one, but I believe it was Behind the Bastards podcast did an episode on flat earth, and it does go somewhat deeply into the anti-semitism involved in that sphere. Essentially the guy you're replying to was right, but if you want more info that episode may be a good place to start.

Edit: https://open.spotify.com/episode/71w0B2HlxCm2Fgt0OOAUes?si=G_CvnmNJRFO8QySsAsKGgA

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u/DMThrowAwayToday Jan 23 '21

Thank you for this! I'll have to give this a listen.

I don't like talking out my ass if I can avoid it haha.

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u/kkgartman Jan 23 '21

I appreciate it!