Indeed. I find myself *still* unsure what the wreckage will be with the results of "the sorting hat" as a backdrop. Do I just let it go, since propaganda is a mighty powerful tool? Is the fact that I just happened to take the Red Pill this time sufficient reason for me to kick people who believed the propaganda to the curb permanently? Damned if I know!
Indeed. I find myself *still* unsure what the wreckage will be with the results of "the sorting hat" as a backdrop. Do I just let it go, since propaganda is a mighty powerful tool? Is the fact that I just happened to take the Red Pill this time sufficient reason for me to kick people who believed the propaganda to the curb permanently? Damned if I know!
Yeah I wrestled with that as well. My neighbors, I'll forgive because I'm not THAT close to them and I have no expectations of then beyond basic courtesy. People who are family, close/best friends who should know the kind of person you are and turns on you anyway because an anonymous 3rd party said to do so? Nah, they're treacherous. These disagreements went so far beyond simple difference of opinion to moralizing and witch hunting.
I knew people who voted Trump in 2016. I didn't demand they be burned at the stake as many did (and still are). I asked, "but, why?!" And I listened sincerely. Glad I had an intelligent reaction then too because they haven't turned on me during this Hysteria, even though some of them are vaxxed.
I hear you. As I try to incorporate epistemic humility into my way of life, I find myself thinking, more and more, "there but for the sheer luck that I smelled the bullshit this time, go I!" (Or something like that.)
Got you. On a friends group of maybe 12 and family group of 35 I stopped posting slightly challenging views. And I feel angry. I wonder how I'm going to react if and when they say "Sh1t, you were right!". Part of me does want to reply "Oh just go f*&k yourself! How can such an intelligent and reasonable person like yourself get hooked by this?". But I also know this can't be the way forward. Grace helped me choose the Red Pill.
Indeed. I find myself *still* unsure what the wreckage will be with the results of "the sorting hat" as a backdrop. Do I just let it go, since propaganda is a mighty powerful tool? Is the fact that I just happened to take the Red Pill this time sufficient reason for me to kick people who believed the propaganda to the curb permanently? Damned if I know!
Yeah I wrestled with that as well. My neighbors, I'll forgive because I'm not THAT close to them and I have no expectations of then beyond basic courtesy. People who are family, close/best friends who should know the kind of person you are and turns on you anyway because an anonymous 3rd party said to do so? Nah, they're treacherous. These disagreements went so far beyond simple difference of opinion to moralizing and witch hunting.
I knew people who voted Trump in 2016. I didn't demand they be burned at the stake as many did (and still are). I asked, "but, why?!" And I listened sincerely. Glad I had an intelligent reaction then too because they haven't turned on me during this Hysteria, even though some of them are vaxxed.
I hear you. As I try to incorporate epistemic humility into my way of life, I find myself thinking, more and more, "there but for the sheer luck that I smelled the bullshit this time, go I!" (Or something like that.)
Got you. On a friends group of maybe 12 and family group of 35 I stopped posting slightly challenging views. And I feel angry. I wonder how I'm going to react if and when they say "Sh1t, you were right!". Part of me does want to reply "Oh just go f*&k yourself! How can such an intelligent and reasonable person like yourself get hooked by this?". But I also know this can't be the way forward. Grace helped me choose the Red Pill.
I wonder about that too-- what am I going to say when my sister gives that call to say 'you were right; haha.
I am sure my response will not be what runs through my head right now.