Should Flat-Earthers be debated or ignored?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

You don't have to engage them to refute them. Ignoring them as a person is a part of the process. I sometimes use "upstream", as in "Upstream the proposal has been made that the GPS system can't possibly work."

[LastPoet]

In my experience, flat-earthers should be ignored. I recall one who started a discussion in the Amazon Forums. His goal wasn't to learn anything, but to insult all the participants with his cultivated ignorance and to lodge complaints against anyone who pointed out the fact that he was nothing more than an intellectual illiterate with a closed mind. 

The same happens here everyday, but with the religious (save some few exceptions).

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Lots of people dive right in when a religious pops up. I don't see how it's any different for flatters.

[EgoDeath]

You said "we can talk about them, but not to them"

Sounds a lot like saying ignore them lol

No worries I'm just trying to understand what you're saying

Two speakers. One says the other is an asshole for not realizing the Earth is flat.

The other speaks on all the reasons why the Earth is round.

Ignore the speaker, address the issues.

Clear now?

Not really. Earlier in the thread you said to ignore flat earthers. Now you're saying to talk about the issues... but to who? To other people who already agree with you? Also, you said ignoring something isn't a virtue or whatever and yet you said to ignore flat-earthers. So no, it's not clear tbh

[Fake Messiah]

The way to speak with flat earthers is not to debate them but to tell them off.

Like "What NASA and scientists are lying and creating round Earth photos? That's not an argument but paranoia."
"What? Gravity doesn't exist but things just fall down because there are giant magnets underneath Earth? There's no evidence for that."
"What? You say airplanes disappear when they arrive at Earth's edge and reappear at the opposite side? That is a nonsense."

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Two speakers. One says the other is an asshole for not realizing the Earth is flat.

The other speaks on all the reasons why the Earth is round.

Ignore the speaker, address the issues.

Clear now?

Not really. Earlier in the thread you said to ignore flat earthers. Now you're saying to talk about the issues... but to who? To other people who already agree with you? Also, you said ignoring something isn't a virtue or whatever and yet you said to ignore flat-earthers. So no, it's not clear tbh

To the fence sitters. I made that point "earlier in the thread". It's not virtue to ignore a problem, and flatters are a problem. No need to get in a debate with them, just show where they're wrong. If they give you any shit about it pull their stomach out through their mouth. It shuts them up PDQ.

[EgoDeath]

Not really. Earlier in the thread you said to ignore flat earthers. Now you're saying to talk about the issues... but to who? To other people who already agree with you? Also, you said ignoring something isn't a virtue or whatever and yet you said to ignore flat-earthers. So no, it's not clear tbh

To the fence sitters. I made that point "earlier in the thread". It's not virtue to ignore a problem, and flatters are a problem. No need to get in a debate with them, just show where they're wrong. If they give you any shit about it pull their stomach out through their mouth. It shuts them up PDQ.

Ah okay I get what you're saying. Thanks.

Believe it or not, I have a friend who recently rescinded on his FE views. He admits now that he was being insane and wasn't really considering all of the evidence. He also openly admitted that he very much wanted it to be true (that the Earth is flat). It was definitely interesting having that conversation with him.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Good for him. He understands the flatters better than I do. Same with religious people, I can't understand them at all. Never religious, even when I was ordered to go services in boot camp.

[EgoDeath]

Good for him. He understands the flatters better than I do. Same with religious people, I can't understand them at all. Never religious, even when I was ordered to go services in boot camp.

He said he gradually started to notice how undeniable evidence that proved the Earth is round was always called a hoax by fellow Flatters, and said he slowly but surely began to grow weary of their claims that every organization or group, that had some authority in any subject to do with the Earth or space or whatever else, was "in on" the conspiracy. At some point, he started to ask questions like, "How many people can really keep a secret like that?"

While I'm disappointed that it took him this long to get there, I'm glad he's arrived.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Now, imagine ALL the flatters doing all that work. Ain't gonna. That's why I don't debate them.