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. The…
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.)
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.)