Shape of the Earth: Views Differ

A newly elected Republican district chair in Georgia wants to tell you aboutthe most pernicious and widespread conspiracy on, well, earth: In an interview with David Weiss (AKA “Flat Earth Dave ”) and Matt Long on her “Jesus, Guns, and Babies” podcast, Taylor and her guests discussed biblical “evidence” that the Earth is actually flat as a pancake. “The people that defend the globe don’t know anything about the globe,” said Weiss. “If they knew a tenth of what Matt and I know about the globe they would be Flat Earthers.” “All the globes, everywhere” Taylor said later in the discussion. “I turn on the TV, there’s globes in the background … Everywhere there’s globes. You see them all the time, it’s constant. My children will be like ‘Mama, globe, globe, globe, globe’ — they’re everywhere.”  “That’s what they do, to brainwash,” she added. “For me if it’s not a conspiracy. If it is real, why are you pushing so hard everywhere I go? Every store, you buy a globe, there’s globes everywhere. Every movie, every TV show, news media — why? More and more I’m like, it doesn’t make sense.It is indeed a mystery why this global (oops) cabal has penetrated so deeply into our society. Here ' s another: (from The American Prospect) So what ' s all this about the debt limit? Very simple. Republicans -- GW Bush and RJ Trump -- cut taxes on wealthy people and corporations, resulting in more than 100% o...
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