Post by Optimus on Mar 19, 2017 14:49:58 GMT -5
And by NFEA, I mean the "National Flat-Earther Association." sports.yahoo.com/news/so-apparently-shaquille-oneal-is-a-flat-earther-too-035813782.html
Oh, but it gets better. This is what Shaq actually said...
At this point, I can't tell if these guys are punking us or not. I actually do believe that Kyrie Irving is that stupid. I had always assumed that Shaq was full of ego and bluster, but was doing it for the sake of showmanship and that he was actually a pretty smart guy. Now, I'm not so sure.
He could be jumping on this bandwagon of dumbasses as a joke but, if he really does believe this, it doesn't really say much positive about humanity.
Anti-vaxxers, anti-GMOers, alt-righters, leftist SJWs, creationists, and now flat-earthers. I would have added "religious fundamentalists" to that list but they kind of all are types of religious fundamentalism already.
Stay in school, kids.
I’m sorry to break it to you, but Shaquille O’Neal is apparently a flat-Earther, too. Actually, I’m not sorry at all. I love this NBA narrative so, so much, and I’d like to thank Shaq for breathing more life into it.
Cleveland Cavaliers star Kyrie Irving was the first NBA player to reveal his flat-Earth beliefs, summarized as such: “Can you really think of us rotating around the sun, and all planets align, rotating in specific dates, being perpendicular with what’s going on with these ‘planets’ and stuff like this?”
Soon afterwards, Denver Nuggets wing Wilson Chandler and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green endorsed Irving’s flat-Earth theory, with the latter explaining away NASA’s photos of the planet from space by suggesting everyone can manipulate doctored photos of the globe on their phones.
Cleveland Cavaliers star Kyrie Irving was the first NBA player to reveal his flat-Earth beliefs, summarized as such: “Can you really think of us rotating around the sun, and all planets align, rotating in specific dates, being perpendicular with what’s going on with these ‘planets’ and stuff like this?”
Soon afterwards, Denver Nuggets wing Wilson Chandler and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green endorsed Irving’s flat-Earth theory, with the latter explaining away NASA’s photos of the planet from space by suggesting everyone can manipulate doctored photos of the globe on their phones.
Oh, but it gets better. This is what Shaq actually said...
“It’s true. The Earth is flat. The Earth is flat. Yes, it is. Listen, there are three ways to manipulate the mind — what you read, what you see and what you hear. In school, first thing they teach us is, ‘Oh, Columbus discovered America,’ but when he got there, there were some fair-skinned people with the long hair smoking on the peace pipes. So, what does that tell you? Columbus didn’t discover America. So, listen, I drive from coast to coast, and this s*** is flat to me. I’m just saying. I drive from Florida to California all the time, and it’s flat to me. I do not go up and down at a 360-degree angle, and all that stuff about gravity, have you looked outside Atlanta lately and seen all these buildings? You mean to tell me that China is under us? China is under us? It’s not. The world is flat.”
At this point, I can't tell if these guys are punking us or not. I actually do believe that Kyrie Irving is that stupid. I had always assumed that Shaq was full of ego and bluster, but was doing it for the sake of showmanship and that he was actually a pretty smart guy. Now, I'm not so sure.
He could be jumping on this bandwagon of dumbasses as a joke but, if he really does believe this, it doesn't really say much positive about humanity.
Anti-vaxxers, anti-GMOers, alt-righters, leftist SJWs, creationists, and now flat-earthers. I would have added "religious fundamentalists" to that list but they kind of all are types of religious fundamentalism already.
Stay in school, kids.
