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Title: The wonders of the bozo filter
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Published: Jan 24, 2020
Author: Anthem
Post Date: 2020-01-24 20:34:50 by Anthem
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Views: 1545
Comments: 32

Just to let those of you who may be visiting and don't know about it. This site has a "bozo filter" which allows you to screen out comments from trolls. The great thing about it is that it cleans up the "Latest Comments" list, so trolls don't even show up there.

It helps when there are trolls like Liberator and FormerLurker who are determined to clog up the "Latest Comments" page with idiotic trash.

Got to "Setup" then clik the tab "Content Filters" then put in the name(s) of the troll(s). Shazzam! They no longer appear anywhere. Enjoy!

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#4. To: Anthem, FormerLurker (#0) (Edited)

I've done my share of challenging the flat earth myth almost all over at LF. Though he strongly advocates flat earth, Liberator is no troll. He honestly believes it.

Though it can be a bit frustrating challenging flat earth ideas as there is so much wrong with it and its arguments, it's also interesting, I think, to explore the thought processes of the advocates along the way, both as they defend of flat earth as well as their response to global earth evidence.

I'm satisfied in knowing that there are far worse things in life about which to be mistaken and for that reason, I can get along fine with flat earthers. Sure use the bozo filter as inclined. There's also an "Ignore Thread" feature for turning off all attention to specific articles. A good way to get away from flat earth discussions that get long winded.

And I think FormerLurker has spoken adequately in his own defense.

Pinguinite  posted on  2020-01-25   3:01:05 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Pinguinite (#4) (Edited)

Though he strongly advocates flat earth, Liberator is no troll. He honestly believes it.

I can't believe any honestly intelligent person would believe such absurd nonsense.

These people deny there is such as thing as gravity. They know nothing about science, yet tell us all the scientists on earth are lying, for yet some unknown and undefined reason.

You'd have to shut your brain off to jump on the flat earth bandwagon.

No, I don't think Liberator believes what he says. He doesn't appear to be a rabid nutter to me.

The truth movement has been infiltrated by people such as him, all for the purpose of discrediting any real truth that is presented. 9/11 truth is just one of those movements that have been infiltrated.

Look up "Flat Earth Psyop" and see what you find.

FormerLurker  posted on  2020-01-25   22:48:26 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: FormerLurker (#11)

When I first heard that someone was promoting the idea that the earth was flat in our own time, on the internet, I was amazed. I watched a video or two of someone arguing the earth was flat just to see where the hell they were coming from. I remember one has this guy illustrating the our "supposed" heliocentric solar system with coins on flat surface, and in the middle of that presentation, he goes off on some tangent about coinage of the middle ages. But at the end, he concluded that it wouldn't be possible to see the same stars in the winter as the summer because the earth would be on the other side of the sun, conveniently ignoring the fact that space is 3 dimensional, not 2.

I decided either the guy promoting it was a loon, or he started this flat earth advocacy as a social experiment to see how many people he could start believing it. I still don't know which.

But.... one thing I come to believe myself, is that the power of the human mind to believe things that are not true is waaaay underrated. It's why we (people in general) have such very diverse and strong beliefs that vary so dramatically. We especially see it in politics in conservatives/liberals, and with what we call Trump Derangement Syndrome where people believe he's the anti-christ. Remember election day in 2016 where people are crying and news pundents are lamenting the end of the world. Rachel Maddow soberingly assuring us that, no, we didn't die and go to hell, that we were still alive, and Trump won the election.

Muslim extremists believe things so strongly they will blow themselves up thinking an orgasmic paradise awaits them for all eternity. And of course, as we know, countries of whatever predominant faith remain that faith generation in and generation out, as kids simply accept what their parents taught them as gospel.

We all have that defect in tendency to believe things that are not true. I don't exempt myself from the disease either. Certainly flat earth is a more extreme example, but... as I said, there are worse things to be wrong about in life than the shape of the earth.

I've conversed a lot with Liberator. He's most certainly a Bible believing Christian (a factor that I think contributes to his flat earth belief, though I think he denies that), and being the Christian I believe that he is, I think it safe to say that he would not advocate flat earth unless he honestly believed in it.

And... life goes on. Yes, being a scientists by nature, I see flaws in every flat earth argument I take time to consider. Yes, it's an amazing thing to behold, when someone presents it so adamantly, and I've certainly done my fair share of attempting to dispel it. But really, the primary force that shapes for us what we choose to believe is not logic. It is emotion. And I say that as a logically minded guy. For that reason, when someone is emotionally locked onto a particular belief, no amount of logic is going to sway that person. And that's true or all of us, not just flat earthers.

So I say, debate them as long as you want, but when you're done, live and let live.

Pinguinite  posted on  2020-01-26   0:57:22 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: Pinguinite (#12)

Expanding earth is the proper model.

And also former lurker is most definitely a coinentel troll but he is OUR conintel troll and on rare occasion I even find myself agreeing with him on this or that subject. Earth aint flat and we can agree on that.

titorite  posted on  2020-01-26   6:18:05 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: titorite, Pinguinite (#13)

And also former lurker is most definitely a coinentel troll but he is OUR conintel troll and on rare occasion I even find myself agreeing with him on this or that subject. Earth aint flat and we can agree on that.

Weren't you a fierce advocate of the "No Planes Hit the WTC" psyop?

You're either a very naive and gullible person who jumps on a fringe bandwagon as a means of feeling important, or are a knowing participant in the fraudulent claims put out there to discredit legitimate researchers.

A COINTEL sort of knowing participant.

FormerLurker  posted on  2020-01-28   17:13:31 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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