it's not my intention to make this call for anyone apart from myself.
but this is not about hurt feelings so much as effective communication and coalition building to get out of this mess while also promoting what was one referred to as "common decency."
a phrase like "pure bloods" is needlessly inflammatory, others those who got vaxxed, and has an inherent "i am better than you" slant.
a lot of people got lied to about these drugs and went along to get along etc.
many are now waking up to the scam and seeing the inefficacy and the fact that this will never end and that that was always the plan.
these people can be allies as we resist further authoritarian encroachment or we can alienate them by erecting imperious names for our tribe that belittle them.
speaking truths about "this did not work. it made it worse. you are likely more threat to the unvaxxed then they are to you" is all well and good. but erecting some "pureblood" edifice that cannot be joined and echoes all manner of nasty historical pretexts for genocide and systemic discrimination is not helpful.
is that who we want to be?
i sure don't.
restoring sanity means getting the center back on side. this takes truth and it takes inclusion.
the enemy are not those that fell for this. it's those who played the trick.
True. All true. However, those of us who vaxxed regardless of how or why, our fates are sealed. We need to prevent the unvaxxed from getting vaxxed. At all costs.
Now, there may be a better way than the terms used but reason is not going to get it done. People are panicked and thus can not be reasoned with. I hope I am wrong, but it seems that the only way is through a fear that is greater than what they now have. It’s like we are try to stop a stampeded of buffalo from running off a cliff.
it's not my intention to make this call for anyone apart from myself.
but this is not about hurt feelings so much as effective communication and coalition building to get out of this mess while also promoting what was one referred to as "common decency."
a phrase like "pure bloods" is needlessly inflammatory, others those who got vaxxed, and has an inherent "i am better than you" slant.
a lot of people got lied to about these drugs and went along to get along etc.
many are now waking up to the scam and seeing the inefficacy and the fact that this will never end and that that was always the plan.
these people can be allies as we resist further authoritarian encroachment or we can alienate them by erecting imperious names for our tribe that belittle them.
speaking truths about "this did not work. it made it worse. you are likely more threat to the unvaxxed then they are to you" is all well and good. but erecting some "pureblood" edifice that cannot be joined and echoes all manner of nasty historical pretexts for genocide and systemic discrimination is not helpful.
is that who we want to be?
i sure don't.
restoring sanity means getting the center back on side. this takes truth and it takes inclusion.
the enemy are not those that fell for this. it's those who played the trick.
True. All true. However, those of us who vaxxed regardless of how or why, our fates are sealed. We need to prevent the unvaxxed from getting vaxxed. At all costs.
Now, there may be a better way than the terms used but reason is not going to get it done. People are panicked and thus can not be reasoned with. I hope I am wrong, but it seems that the only way is through a fear that is greater than what they now have. It’s like we are try to stop a stampeded of buffalo from running off a cliff.
Amen all the way, and I think that is a wise and compassionate strategy 🙌