Your Obedient Serpent (athelind) wrote,
Your Obedient Serpent
athelind

Where are my manners?

When did it stop being bad manners to talk about religion and personal belief?

Ninety-nine percent of our problems with polarization and conflict stem from the shift in culture that's made this an acceptable topic of public discourse.

I miss the concept of "boundaries".

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