grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-217 days ago“They thought the earth was flat”thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1349
arrow-up1349image“They thought the earth was flat”thelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-217 days agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·20 days agoIs this a real argument by flat-earthers? “They got it wrong hundreds of years ago, so I want to get it wrong in the 21st century, too!”
minus-squarestarik@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoA lot of people currently believe that people of Columbus’ time believed he risked sailing off the edge of the earth.
minus-squareblarghly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoI wouldnt doubt this was true. Peasant farmers and university educated elites often believe different things
minus-squareGandalf the Gorsed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoNo, the point of the meme is to contradict people who think that people in the middle ages were stupid.
Is this a real argument by flat-earthers?
“They got it wrong hundreds of years ago, so I want to get it wrong in the 21st century, too!”
A lot of people currently believe that people of Columbus’ time believed he risked sailing off the edge of the earth.
I wouldnt doubt this was true. Peasant farmers and university educated elites often believe different things
No, the point of the meme is to contradict people who think that people in the middle ages were stupid.