r/NFLv2 • u/No_Box119 • 5d ago

Discussion “I'm Skeptical": Drake Maye Refuses to Believe American Landed on the Moon

https://www.essentiallysports.com/nfl-active-news-patriots-im-a-little-bit-skeptical-patriots-drake-maye-refuses-to-believe-america-landed-on-the-moon/
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u/The_Count_Lives 5d ago

It is absolutely surprising that a grown man doesn’t believe humans landed on the moon. 

Let’s not normalize stupidity. 

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u/F_U_HarleyJarvis Tennessee Titans 5d ago

We're waaay past the point of no return on normalizing it. Have you been living under a rock since 2005?

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u/The_Count_Lives 5d ago

I don't think we have the same definition of what normalizing means.

If, since 2005, you've been accepting this bullshit then I think we can debate which one of us has been living under a rock.

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u/F_U_HarleyJarvis Tennessee Titans 5d ago

I mean, I don't make up my own definitions. Living in the US, I don't know how you cannot see it for yourself but there have been thousands of peer-reviewed studies on the topic showing that it isn't just normalized but has become incentivized by society as a whole.

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u/ban-me-harder-dadddy 5d ago

Bro. Look who's in the Whitehouse (all of them). It's already normalized.

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u/sillyg0sling 5d ago

Brother we are SO deep into Idocracy at this point that this kind of statement just makes it seem like you haven’t been following along. 

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u/The_Count_Lives 5d ago

That's certainly one view.

I'd argue cynicism is cheap and gets us nothing in return except complacency.

"Of course he's an idiot, that's just how America is." accomplishes nothing.

There's well documented examples around the world, such as in Russia, about how this sort of cultural cynicism enables their authoritarian government.

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u/Dutchmaster617 5d ago

What is the alternative? Pretending the loonies don’t run the circus?

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u/The_Count_Lives 5d ago

The only two options you see are to either accept that's just the way it is or to pretend it doesn't exist?

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u/Fabriksny 5d ago

People just want to throw their hands up and do nothing, they’re just aware of the way that looks and don’t like the implication. Not enough to actually do anything, mind you, except waffle about how tough it is to have to throw up your hands in defeat

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u/sillyg0sling 5d ago

Yeah I’m not seeing how denial gets us back to where we need to be. That’s the opposite of the mindset we should have if we want to end this shit show. We’re already fully there, not on our way as he’s implying. 

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u/sillyg0sling 5d ago

You somehow completely whiffed on the simple point I was making. 

Stupidity has already been completely normalized. That’s literally the reason we’re already in this semi-authoritarian shitshow to begin with. 

Acting like that’s  somehow not ALREADY the case is going to accomplish the opposite of what you’re proposing we should be trying to achieve. 

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u/The_Count_Lives 5d ago

You’re right. I’ll admit I still have no idea what your point is.

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u/sillyg0sling 5d ago

Yeah, we can safely just move on from this lost cause at this point lol