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by ThomPete 3445 days ago
When did facts use to matter and for what?

The only disservice is to claim that things are somehow different when they are in fact the same.

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You see, there was this Golden Age. Everyone was beautiful, honor and virtue flourished, and Truth was held above all else.

Some people say that this age was in the '50s. Others, the 1880s. Some even claim it was the 1790s.

Mostly, they're just barking mad.