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People claim the world is flat. People with stupid ideas who reject all contrary evidence are extremely common in all walks of life.

Look at the champion of the anti-vaccine movement, the "progressive" Jenny McCarthy. (And they gave her a seat on The View!) Stupidity knows no race or creed.

[sctb]

You've been posting mostly comments that violate the guidelines. They ask, among other things, for us to comment civilly and substantively and avoid generic flamebait. Could you please change this?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html