Paul Bevan
His beliefs, whether he wants to admit to it or not, are synonymous with what is commonly understood to be the flat earth paradigm. That is still water is level is horizontal is a world spanning plane (with minor deviations for tide, waves, etc…). That IS flat earth. That the ground we walk on is approximately a flat horizontal surface, distances between locations is broadly given by euclidean math, etc…those are flat earther views.
His avoidance of the stigma is just a tactic, a bad faith one at that, to advance his grift. Bev strategically prescribes language in specific contexts to avoid a very specific association that is already obvious to all listening. This is extremely disingenuous. When listening to the other person, he’ll (mis)interpret their words in the least charitable fashion imaginable in order to pretend their point doesn’t make sense and beat around the bush. This is extremely disingenuous and bad faith.
Someone like this is incorrigible and trying to reach him is pointless
Crimson_Shade.