At least the Stooges are funny and good for something.
Now, the Flat Earth/Climate Deniers?.... thats another kettle of fish... They're phunny until they seek public office, then they're good for nothing but flat earth bullshit.
Flat Earth Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Origins of the Flat Earth movement
Main article: Flat Earth
The belief that the Earth was flat was almost universal until about the 4th century BC, when the Ancient Greek scientists and philosophers proposed the idea that the Earth was a sphere, or at least rounded in shape. Aristotle was one of the first thinkers to provide evidence of a spherical Earth in 330 BC By the early Middle Ages, it was widespread knowledge throughout Europe that the Earth was a sphere.
However, throughout history, many continued to support the notion of a flat Earth.
The organization took a hit when satellite images taken from outer space showed the Earth as a sphere rather than flat, but they were not fazed. Shenton remarked: "
It's easy to see how a photograph like that could fool the untrained eye."
omfg-rotflmfao... it's Glenn Beck!
The society also took the position that the Apollo Moon landings were a hoax, staged by Hollywood and based on a script by Arthur C. Clarke, a position also held by others not connected to the Flat Earth Society.
Some actual headlines from Flat Earth News during the '70s and early '80s:
* "Sun Is a Light 32 Miles Across"
* "Galileo Was a Liar"
* "Nikita Krushchev Father of NASA" (misspelling in the original)
* "The Earth Is Not a Ball; Gravity Does Not Exist"
* "The Earth Has No Motion"
* "Science Insults Your Intelligence"
* "World IS Flat, and That's That"
* "Australia Not Down Under"
* "Whole World Deceived Except the Very Elect"
A newsletter from the society gives some insight into Johnson's thinking:
Aim: To carefully observe, think freely, rediscover forgotten facts and oppose theoretical dogmatic assumptions. To help establish the United States..."
Sound familiar? Hard to believe they had enough morons to keep a few chapters open well into the 1990s .. lol! Where did they all go after evil communist NASA exposed the roundness of their flat ass umptions? They took over the Republican Party...
Civilization progresses despite you wing nuts, not because of you.