Who was it that was labelled a nut because he said the world was round? Megellan? Columbus? Aristotle? Pythagoras?

Folk like SPLITT dont like their cozy, TV dominated lives disrupted by an alternate view.

Stages of denial of an alternate theory/view

1. Label the theory/view/person a nutcase
2. Mock and humiliate
3. Keep watching the news
4. Watch X-Factor
5. Go quiet
6. Crawl back under a rock