[ervamangansclassproject]

Hello, everyone!
I am doing a project about ethnography. I have chosen flat earth society to be the discourse community. I will be posting regularly for the following two weeks. It would be incredibly helpful if you would all respond my posts and questions in an informative manner. I will say that the essay I'm writing is purely informative and objective. I here to merely observe the community and report facts. I don't have an agenda to either support or disparage the Flat Earth Society. You can answer all or some of the questions posted. You can answer in a collective manner (using "we") but I would prefer if each of you would share more personalized answers (using "I"). I encourage you all to go in depth with your explanations and go beyond the questions asked. Talk about anything you'd like about the community or yourself, regarding your position in tfes.
1. What would you say is the most defining attribute of this discourse community aside from the stated ideology (that the earth is flat)? What can you say is the most vibrant denominator in the followers of tfes?
2. How did you first become involved with the Flat Earth Society?
3. What actions have you taken so far (if any) to further the agenda of tfes?
4. What is your commitment level to this ideal? Are you one hundred percent sure of your path and a ferocious advocate or a curious individual interested in different ideas?

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1. You have real freedom of speech. If you don't like Jews, you can say so. Think women are lazy, have your say. As long as you have a point to make and are willing to actually introduce an intellectual standpoint behind whatever it is, you can say so. That doesn't mean you can write racial slurs and just leave it at that. But if you wanted to discuss say the link between IQ and race and bring real examples and data, that's a debate you can have here.
2. I found it, much like everyone else does. Learned more about it. Became more interested.
3. Too numerous to recount, but they involve real world debates, encounters, media and visiting education establishments. I have also generated vast amounts of maps, uncovered documents and made things available. It is unlikely you could google "flat earth" on an image search and not see some of my content.
4. Zero. I don't give two hoots what other people think. Show me something, make it interesting, I'll learn from it even if it isn't true, I still have to work out why. Keeps the old grey matter ticking.

Good luck with your course.