Last year I removed a bunch of people after the BLM riots. I know how communism works and could see that these people would be the ones to rat me out if it ever came to it.
So my list of friends is drastically lower, and most are pretty right wing. Well this friend of mine, who a couple years ago got a job at a hospital making sanitation policy, came at me about a question I had regarding medical staff being threatened over vaccine hesitation. I didn't understand why they would threaten to fire staff if they were already so severely strapped.
Long story short, instead of answering the question, he came at me emotionally and talked about some of what he saw. I replied with my concerns about the authoritarian measures being taken, the VAERS reporting, the flu cases disappearing, etc.
His reply was long, emotional, and honestly painful. He accused me of having an attitude that killed people, that I had no empathy and didnt care about people dying. I've been sitting here for a few days thinking about it. Granted I don't see what is happening in some of these hospitals.
I'm sure there are places where things ARE bad. But damn it if this division isn't heart-wrenching. I'm not gonna convince him that he can't see the forest for the trees, and he's never gonna convince me that the vax is the right thing to do. It just sucks that someone would essentially accuse me of killing someone. But worse, it sucks I am losing someone I considered to be a good friend over an issue of medical freedom.
I’m sorry. Just said to my husband tonight that I’m afraid this will forever ruin relationships with some members of our family. It’s heartbreaking and unnecessary.
We’ve been told we are selfish by not being vaccinated by both his siblings and my sister. Must be the cnn talking point..... no concern for our freedoms however.....
People that are unwilling or unable to think for themselves are nothing but trouble, bring nothing but drama. I made the decision decades ago to keep those sorts at arms length. Makes things a LOT simpler, whether family or not.
I’ve cut out family over this. They not only don’t respect my autonomy, they have said “it’s people like you that are causing the pandemic to continue”. For my health, sanity, and sadly even my safety, I’ve had to sever those ties that I once held so dear. Clearly they didn’t feel the same.
My side of the family is completely based, my husbands side is about 50/50. I’m for sure gonna have issues with some of his fam for a long time :|