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BobTheSubgenius

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44. His supporters, and all their fellow travelers, don't need cover stories they can believe in.

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #9)

Sat Feb 20, 2021, 01:35 PM

Feb 2021

All they want is the barest minimum of plausibility. "OK, for the sake of argument, let's say that your explanation holds water in some version of reality. Good enough?"

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