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To be fair, I think people looked at the folks who were into mermaids as outlandish too. “Been around for a long time” doesn’t mean the same thing as “totally accepted socially”.
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But weren’t mermaids seen as dangerous, irresistible sirens also. So the blame was on the evil mermaid, not the person.
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