Flat Earther Study Set
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡?
Paragraph 3 presents evidence that addresses questions raised in paragraph 2.
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞?
The uncritical acceptance of an opinion that he finds problematic
𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 "𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭[𝐢𝐧𝐠] 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤" (𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 𝟑, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟖) ?
Dangers that disproportionately affect certain communities
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞?
They are familiar with mainstream rhetoric about globalization.
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨
an area of agreement between himself and another author whose views he has challenged
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 ("𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 . . . 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥"), 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 "𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟"?
The author's claim would be broadened by the removal of a qualification.
𝐀𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬?
The first four sentences of the third paragraph ("Not yet . . . even setbacks")
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 ("𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 . . . 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭"), 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨
acknowledge the validity of one element of an argument he generally opposes
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 ("𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 . . . 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞"), 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛 "𝐢𝐬" 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞
an area of agreement between himself and another author whose views he has challenged
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 "𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲" (𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 𝟑, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟗) 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨
signal a skeptical tone that reflects the author's doubts about the existence of such a community
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 ("𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 . . . 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲"), 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐧 "𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲" 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
sound a little too superficial to be true
𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 "𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬" 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞
the hazards of inhabiting certain geographical areas