When will it ever end?
For a long time, if you were interested in a flat earth, you came to TFES. Number one google rank, if you were a flat earther, it was the natural place to come. A small community, but a dedicated and interesting one.
Then along came the youtubers. Now, much of what they do is nice. They make interesting videos, find all kinds of NASA nonsense to point out, make cool diagrams and give a good narration. It isn't always correct. They sometimes go off and say something dumb or get it wrong. But that doesn't matter. They get people aware earth could be flat. And that's enough. People can then research for themselves. They have great reach, engage people and get them interested.
And then there is the other side of what they do. Some are trying to make it a profession. That's ok. I can see how if you make great content, you want to earn from that. YouTube hits, why not? But they seem to all want to be seen as the leader of the movement. And they compete. and tear each other down. Sue each other over content, discredit each other, make a vitriolic mess of the movement. It is counter-intuitive. You want hits, there are enough for everyone. Get a ground swell. But no, they want to be the self-proclaimed leader from the outset. It is like watching a bunch of mangy pigeons fighting over the lumpy bits in a tramp's puke.
Then there is the narcissism. Dubay thinks he's the centre of the movement. Matt Powerland actually thinks 911 was because of a comedy he did in New York about the earth being flat! WTF? You can see the video below.
Then there is the anti-Semitism. Even if you believe that, why the hell would you keep adding it in. Dubay and Powerland keep doing it. Just leave it. It isn't a key part of the flat earth story. It just turns mainstream media straight off. B.o.B parroted it and that was main headlines. If your mission is to tell about earth's true shape, why bring in holocaust denial? Leave that fight to someone else.
Then there is the Neo factor, the 24 must save the earth by myself bollocks that goes with these video montages. Powerland actually describes himself as Columbus in that one above. Is he just stressed and mentally ill, has LSD ravaged the mind of a smart man making him deranged, or is he trying to show what a character actor he is for future work? Being all crazy and wide-eyed.
It is all very tiresome. Fortunately we seem to have fallen off their radar. Likely because we don't compete for youtube hits. And its nice we don't get involved in all that finger pointing shill everyone is in counter intelligence crap. If there were agents, some bugger would have offered me some money by now. Long before Mark Sargent or any of those others. We've been one of the few sources for FET online since 2004.
I guess all we can do is keep doing what we are. Ride the wave, get the traffic, tell people what we know and avoid the conflict. But it is bloody tedious to watch. Powerland is purportedly an ex-NASA globe artist. Well kindly make some flat maps of the same standard then and make them creative commons so people can share.
Anyway, just sharing because I'm sick of having to watch 5 squabbling videos before they make another with actual content in it.