[quote]Something that goes through that book you mentioned.

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I mean the article is alright but I disagree on some parts. In South Africa and Rhodesia end of apartheid was the worst thing imaginable. The differences inherent in various groups should also not be dismissed; for example an employer faced with two identical candidates can always have a fall-back on racial traits, not to mention that a landlord should most certainly be able to decide who lives on their premises based on them. It also goes above and beyond justifying nationalism (even though that needs no justification).

[quote]Well it doesn't happen here, yay free speech. (Though people will try.) But I understand that other places don't have that and people in this country don't know how good they have it.[/quote]
Actually it does. For a start books are frequently banned from being taught at universities. 

[quote]Everyone in my life kept telling me I was paranoid, right before/after they sticked a knife in my back. And in hindsight I'm pretty sure I've been being gaslighted for a decade and half. <.< 

Sure, I suppose being optimistic, hasn't helped me much in my life. But if I ever was actually paranoid, I don't think it would of actually benefited me. <.<

But that's neither here, or there. 
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I suppose that is a fundamental difference which we can't really agree on.

[quote]Like every atheist teen that has Catholic parents. (Though them seeming to have a fetish for people going to hell. So frankly I don't blame them.) And guilt tripping people like that is precisely why I/my family no longer went to church. <.<

But in all seriousness. I don't think rebellion had much to do with it. Mostly me just learning, there's good and bad everywhere. I never tried to change myself on purpose. I got into parts of other cultures, books, music, art etc. But didn't ever stop me from enjoying my own.
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You don't try to change yourself on purpose but nevertheless over-exposure will make you have an aversion to certain things. 

[quote]Okay then. Glad to learn about something. I literally just watched like a 2 hour debate of religion last night, so I sort of had it on the brain at the time.[/quote]
Well with context you don't seem creepy.