grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-23 months ago“They thought the earth was flat”thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down10
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minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months 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-up5·3 months 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-up5·3 months agoI wouldnt doubt this was true. Peasant farmers and university educated elites often believe different things
minus-squareGandalf the Gorsed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months 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.