The thing about actual 18th century London coffeehouses is that probably most of the discussions there would be considered Nazi-adjacent todayhttps://twitter.com/ryanaboyd/status/1029476055948513280 …
exactly...which is to say there were tons of people in favor of keeping it, and the idea of abolishing it was radical and controversial
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incidentally what are your thoughts on keeping papists firmly under the boot by keeping the practice of that idolatrous religion outlawed?
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opposed! but that would put me decidedly in the minority back then
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oh dear... you don't approve of the company's actions in india then i suppose...
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correct, it's been nothing but mistakes since Mary and Philip didn't work out
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then you do at least have the common sense to realise that foreign papist *powers* are at work undermining our great nation
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of course! I understand perfectly well WHY Britain opposes them, I just happen to be on their side
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What's your opinion of the goings-on in the American colonies?
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their development and prosperity would be greatly accelerated by independence
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