Blake Carpenter is a Flat Earther and Burnett loves him

[Mariatorresflores]

If you think blake carpenter's stance on whether the earth is flat has any weight whatsoever on society or a single person's wellbeing then you may be dumber than he is

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this just opened up a new can of worms for the entire Vans family.

Vans employees are fighting against vaccine mandates, claiming "I thought we were family".

LOL, now Lizzie, Paul Fart (no surprise), Mikey Taylor (no surprise), Dave Swift, JLay

all support this movement....

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You can add Chris Wimer, Shuriken Shannon, Bobby Puleo, Alphonzo Rawls, and Richard Mulder. Was disappointed to see Blake Carpenter and Jeron Wilson liking the anti-vaccine movement comments as well.

"The sauce"...yikes

It ain't about the flat earth stuff either; Burnett probably brought that up because it seems so benign, so laugh-offable comparatively. If these nuts share one belief they share them all though, definitely drinking the same kool-aid; social media's bias conformation if anything, and that reinforcement can come from sources great and small.

[TranquilElephant]

Dude whose made a career skating bump to bars thinks the earth is flat.

lmao would gnar if I could

[RichardBarkley]

1. BC is not an influential person

2. No one knows what he thinks about flat earth or anything outside of this whacky dump

3. Nor do they care

If you think his opinion on anything is influencing anybody, you are in fact brain dead

This is just more smear campaign nonsense

[MaXX_I-D]

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If you think blake carpenter's stance on whether the earth is flat has any weight whatsoever on society or a single person's wellbeing then you may be dumber than he is

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if you claim to know something that's impossible for you to know then you (that's you homie!) are definitely even dumber than that.

You should throw him off the edge.

[big900]

these nuts

[thebacker]

a dude from florida makes a crazy comment……earth shattering

almost like a flat dinner plate shattering on the ground 

[StillTryin]

1. BC is not an influential person

2. No one knows what he thinks about flat earth or anything outside of this whacky dump

3. Nor do they care

If you think his opinion on anything is influencing anybody, you are in fact brain dead

This is just more smear campaign nonsense

This is a flawed take.

No flat earther on their own is influential, yet hundreds of thousands of people think the earth is flat and the number is probably increasing.

Communities of fringe fuckwit ideological beliefs don't form up and grow the same way they did 30 years ago. If ten thousand people read the article, 500 of them might be Carp fans, out of these 500 maybe 20 are on the fence about flat earth and out of these 20, maybe 10 will end up being influenced and start watching flat earth content and maybe 5 of those will turn into actual flat earthers.

Repeat this process for every non-influential flat earther on earth through their social media publications and oh my what a shocker, there is a flat earth convention downtown, where do these mouthbreathers all come from?

[DirtyBurger]

I'm looking forward to all the new crazy theories about to emerge with the new Matrix coming out. Wake up Sheeple.

[mariolopez]

let people believe whatever the fuck they want

fucking whiner

[Urtripping]

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People should care that influential people believe in nonsense. This is how ignorance spreads and it harms us all. If you're too cool to see that then you're a part of the problem. For real.

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and blake carpenter is an influential person???

Of course he's not to you or me or in the bigger picture, but I'd bet there are kids who look up to him (especially little Floridians). Idk, I think iin skating, it's best to call this shit out when it's someone popular enough to be invited on a well covered skate trip. As a culture, we make too much out of pro's personalities to give harmful shit like this the ok. Sucks because this guy seemed to have a good head on his shoulders from what I'd seen, but that's how it goes sometimes. It's the ones you'd least expect that end up believing wild stuff.

Edit: to clarify, I think shit like this is harmful when placed within our current climate crisis. You can't be a flat earther and believe in climate change, right?

[CossRooper]

im trying so hard to care about this but I just don't

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Breaking news: A professional skateboarder turns out to be dumber than expected, disappoints people who have a brain.

half of UWTB these days

[urbneathme]

if any one of you can explain to me how believing the earth is a different shape has ANY direct negative consequences i will mail you 20 US dollars

[Roy Machine]

I wouldnt care If the flat earth society would solely think that the earth is flat and not round. The Problem about flat earthers ist that they believe in a world wide cospirancy, deny science and facts and most of the time are highly anti semitic.

[lamfordie]

Not surprised, he is from Florida

[DannyDee]

People should care that influential people believe in nonsense. This is how ignorance spreads and it harms us all. If you're too cool to see that then you're a part of the problem. For real.

To be honest, if you are taking educational advice from someone because they are good at skateboarding you are doomed to begin with.

[Swithflip]

Imagine Einstein opening a topic saying "that influential person believes in Jesus." Lets cancel him.

[DannyDee]

I wouldnt care If the flat earth society would solely think that the earth is flat and not round. The Problem about flat earthers ist that they believe in a world wide cospirancy, deny science and facts and most of the time are highly anti semitic.

Yeah, it goes from a quirky belief into insanity quite quickly.

[skate_or_dingus]

 Remember when that rocket guy Wile E. Coyote'd himself into the desert?
 Simpler times, better times.

[el chino]

a dude from florida makes a crazy comment……earth shattering flattening

fixed it for ya

[GuessAgain?]

I believe the world is spherical and I honestly can't shut up about it. Damn this cursed rabbit hole that is science.

This shit is all down to trust nowadays and it's sad that so many people really can't even trust the basics anymore.

[StillTryin]

if any one of you can explain to me how believing the earth is a different shape has ANY direct negative consequences i will mail you 20 US dollars

If you have some time to watch an excellent explanation answering this exact question here it is :



If not, the cliffs are that basically certain types of people will just gravitate towards fringe conspiracy shit, often in a form of escalation that can result in harm or distress for their friends and families and themselves.

In the bluntest and most simplistic way possible, 9/11 truthing leads to chemtrails leads to Flat Earth leads to Qanon leads to antivax leads to a road trip to the capitol on Jan 6.

Obviously not everyone will travel down that path, but there is enough of a problem that tens of thousands of people will break into the capitol.

This is why turning a blind eye to influencers of fringe conspiracy shit CAN DEFINITELY have negative consequences in the long term, flat earth or other. If Carpenter does believe in a flat earth, there is a pretty good chance he believes in other ones as well. He is a tool and should not be in a position to influence anyone.

Just ask Lauren Wiltzke : https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-lauren-witzke-delaware-qanon-flat-earth-20200917-w6xeptfn65bqrj4tzv75oygnoa-story.html

Or Deftones guitar player Stephen Carpenter starting out with Flat earth and now full fledged antivaxx and covid denialism.

[Lord Viper Scorpion]

Kill him.

HE'S A WITCH

[nicotinewheel]

In the bluntest and most simplistic way possible, 9/11 truthing leads to chemtrails leads to Flat Earth leads to Qanon leads to antivax leads to a road trip to the capitol on Jan 6.

full NPR brain

[Mickey Knox]

People should care that influential people believe in nonsense. This is how ignorance spreads and it harms us all. If you're too cool to see that then you're a part of the problem. For real.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but only if it’s yours right?  It’s an endless arguement you will never win. Focus your energy on yourself and I promise you will care a lot less what conspiracy’s a some pro skater believes in. For real.

[fineslime]

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this just opened up a new can of worms for the entire Vans family.

Vans employees are fighting against vaccine mandates, claiming "I thought we were family".

LOL, now Lizzie, Paul Fart (no surprise), Mikey Taylor (no surprise), Dave Swift, JLay

all support this movement....

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You can add Chris Wimer, Shuriken Shannon, Bobby Puleo, Alphonzo Rawls, and Richard Mulder. Was disappointed to see Blake Carpenter and Jeron Wilson liking the anti-vaccine movement comments as well.

"The sauce"...yikes

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It ain't about the flat earth stuff either; Burnett probably brought that up because it seems so benign, so laugh-offable comparatively. If these nuts share one belief they share them all though, definitely drinking the same kool-aid; social media's bias conformation if anything, and that reinforcement can come from sources great and small.

From "their," perspective aren't you doing the same exact thing? Or no, because you believe your beliefs are the right ones?

[Bunk Moreland]

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In the bluntest and most simplistic way possible, 9/11 truthing leads to chemtrails leads to Flat Earth leads to Qanon leads to antivax leads to a road trip to the capitol on Jan 6.

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full NPR brain

What’s the opposite of NPR brain? Kid Rock brain? Rather be a sustaining member, thanks.

[Hyliannightmare]

Must be a big Kyrie fan, Blake showed up at my local  Early in the afternoon one day when there was about 6 people there is there and was a complete DOUCHE. Try to say Hey to him when he showed up didn't even respond his board shot out to me and I kicked it back try to compliment me didn't even respond. No. No headphones at the time no nothin just wouldn't even acknowledge me

[Urtripping]

if any one of you can explain to me how believing the earth is a different shape has ANY direct negative consequences i will mail you 20 US dollars

Well like I said... I don't believe you can be a flat earther and believe in climate science. One less person understanding/accepting the weight of that issue and you have your negative consequence right there.

It's just ridiculous this kind of willful ignorance exists still. And really, at the end of the day he does have more influence than your average dumbass, so it's worth at least commenting on. Blake Carpenter, if you're reading this you fucking somewhat-influential-in-a-growing-subculture dumbass... do better!

[dannyprovolone]

shameful. If this was my son he wouldn’t be allowed home for Xmas