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LanternWaste

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18. National borders are "fanciful bullshit" too.

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 27, 2015, 02:21 PM

Aug 2015

National borders, existing nowhere but our imaginations are "fanciful bullshit" too.

Though I do realize we often hold up some of the imaginary as more real than other imaginary constructs depending on our biases.

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Take away religion? oberliner Aug 2015 #1

The progressive tactic is to educate people so they can recognize religion as fanciful bullshit LonePirate Aug 2015 #4

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Most of the time oberliner Aug 2015 #10

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