• cattywampas@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Crazy people have always existed (yeah sorry I know that’s a harsh and reductive description mental illness), and most times and places throughout history if you were spouting stuff people didn’t understand they’d most likely just chalk you up as a crazy person and ignore you, not put you on trial for being a witch. Unless you were threatening to upset the social order, then you might get in hot water, otherwise you were just another lunatic.