I didn't know there was a Pearl Harbor conspiracy theory

[NastyRiffraff]

But here it is, and as expected, breathtakingly stupid, so stupid that the wrong year is a minor mistake in contrast:

Link to tweet

[Sherman A1]

1. Of course

It was right after the Germans Attacked Pearl Harbor......

[TexasTowelie]

5. I thought it was the Italians.

[Sherman A1]

19. I believe they had a hand in it

as well!

Or maybe that was the Bowling Green Massacre?

[TexasTowelie]

20. That one was attributed to

The Village Green Preservation Society.

[Sherman A1]

21. I heard but have no factual basis to believe it

The Prairie Grass Restoration Group was supporting their efforts as well.

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

27. I thought it was the Village People.

[TexasTowelie]

42. Why, look at that! They were there.

[lastlib]

41. forget it, he's rollin'.....

[albacore]

17. Animal House...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. He was shitposting.

[oberliner]

3. That joke was going around in 2016 also

https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/12/30/pearl-harbor-inside-job/

[dsc]

4. actually there really was a conspiracy theory about Pearl Harbor

that FDR knew about it and let it happen in order to gain support for war against Japan.

[rurallib]

30. I will verify that

Think the first time I heard it was in the mid-60s.

[dameatball]

31. Correct. That has been around for years.

[still_one]

6. The other conspiracy was that FDR knew about the attack on Peral Harbor, but did nothing so he

could use it as a pretext to enter the war.

That conspiracy was bullshit also

I guess it must be a variant of some segment of people who are always too willing to believe something regardless of proof or evidence to the contrary

[Trenzalore]

8. There has been a conspiracy theory for years that FDR knew about the attack and let it happen

The crux of the theory is FDR wanted to get involved in WW2 but didn't have the political capital to enter the war.

It is horse shit since we probably wouldn't have let our entire fleet to be sunk.

[PJMcK]

29. Ah, but you miss the important part of this conspiracy theory!

FDR wanted the attack on the Pacific Fleet because the ships were antiquated and the Navy needed a modern fighting force. By allowing the Pearl Harbor attacks to destroy much of the Fleet, FDR had the act of war he needed to convince the Congress to enter the Pacific war. Then the Navy could build modern ships for the fight.

At least that's what some dolt told me.

[johnp3907]

9. 1931?

Satire.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/12/30/pearl-harbor-inside-job/

[LakeSuperiorView]

26. This is the type of dramatized crap that makes conservatives doubt science.

The ancient aliens and other shows that have the same "experts" willing to say anything on camera to make money.

[Girard442]

11. Actually the planes didn't have to fly that far.

The Japanese pilots swam, towing the planes through the water with ropes held in their teeth.

[LakeSuperiorView]

25. Everyone knows that the pilots sat in the planes while Sumo wrestlers towed them...

The ropes were attached to their Mawashi, the belts they wear. If you tried to hold a rope in your teeth, you would take in too much salt water.

[brush]

12. Flat-earther/Mecator Projection/unawareness of aircraft carriers stupidity.

Doesn't get much stupider.

[johnp3907]

13. Um?

https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/12/30/pearl-harbor-inside-job/

[brush]

15. I've heard many times of Japanese cables being intercepted before the attack...

which may have meant an attack was coming but that mercator map theory of planes having to fly that far is ridiculous.

[cwydro]

32. It's satire, is what the other poster was trying to tell you.

[brush]

35. Wonder what happened to clarity in writing?

I said in my earlier post that the OP was obviously from the flat-earther/mercator-projection group. They're apparently new to DU.

Oh, FYI. Here's something that should interest you:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211607970

[moriah]

37. The FB group is not for actual flat-earthers....

... or I doubt they'd be comparing Trump to a dodgy date when talking about the wall funding:

"Yeah, so here's the thing... I know I said I was taking you to dinner... and that Mexico would pay for it. But could you, just, like pay for dinner now? And then I'll get Mexico to pay for it ... later?" with a guy holding the dinner tab is their most recent post.

I think the group this was posted to, and the person who deliberately put in the wrong year in the caption for his dumb-beyond-words interpretation of a map and mocking of conspiracy nuts there, is on the side of the good guys.

Edit to add: unfortunately, as they say about the definition of good trolling, some satire (because of the people who are that stupid that exist) is sometimes hard to distinguish from genuine kookiness.

[arthurgoodwin]

14. Flat-Earther Conspiracy!

This is an obvious truth to the flat-earthers, as all the maps make it obvious you cannot go east from Japan to Hawaii without falling off the edge.

[Iggo]

16. Nice post, taterguy.

[Igel]

18. Before I clicked on the link, I knew it was going to be this map.

The map was around before the tweet.

[nuxvomica]

22. Somebody has never played Pac-Man

[JI7]

23. it looks like it's mocking conspiracy theories

but you never know these days.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. That's some great navigating,

if you're a strict believer in Mercator's map.

[HopeAgain]

28. Makes complete sense

if the Earth were indeed flat.

[Victor_c3]

33. However, they could've bombed Fort Sumnter

That’s a lot closer. I think the Japanese had something to do with the Civil War.

[dalton99a]

34. Good one!

[SidDithers]

36. David Swanson used to post at DU...

and would, seriously, write almost every year about how FDR knew about the attack before hand.

Hell, he's still going with his Pearl Harbor fantasies.

Sid

[MineralMan]

38. Clearly, That Caleb Harris II Guy Is a Flat-Earther, Too.

Wackadoo!

[PatSeg]

39. I recall hearing FDR conspiracy theories

as a child, but not quite as far-fetched as this. More like FDR knew about the coming attack on Pearl Harbor before hand and did nothing to intervene because he wanted the U.S. to get involved in World War II. I think it may have been a relatively common belief among republicans at the time, but I was a child and really had no idea.

[Oneironaut]

40. Fact: Most Japanese pilots in WWII were killed by crashing into the Firmament.