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by Variance 5061 days ago
And may I also add that history is just history, and things aren't automatically good or bad because we did them in the past. The country is pretty tolerant towards Wiccans given the historical context of the Salem Witch Trials, but that hardly means that we should re-institute witch burning just because it's the historical context.
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Hahaha. Great point. Going to use that the next time someone brings up the Bill of Rights or the founding fathers.