I keep thinking about the optical illusion of the upside down plates that turn right side up as soon as you see one plate the other way. It's impossible to unsee. That's what happened to me. All I wanted to do was research FISA abuse and look at the court opinions and statutes/regs that applied, because I didn't think the press was explaining it well. When I read the 100 page court opinion from the Chief Judge that, in black and white, held the FBI had given third party contractors access to the FISA database, I thought, "How is this not news? How is this not Watergate on steroids?" Once I knew a lie could be that big and that coordinated, I started entertaining the possibility that we had been lied to about much more. And down the rabbit hole I went. Reminds me of the day my son found out that there was no tooth fairy. An hour later, he had a look of epiphany on his face and said, "What about the Easter Bunny." Two seconds later. "And Santa?" It was bittersweet to say the least. Lost innocence.
I think definitive proof of 9/11 conspiracy that includes the media cover up will do the same thing. All cognitive dissonance about the virus and vax will totally disappear.
Why do we lie to our children about the tooth fairy, easter bunny, santa, etc.
I was thinking about not doing this with our kids, and instead just making it about fun and not lies.
I know it's seems fun for the kids, but I think it's really actually kind of sick and opens the door to a lack of trust in others and disappointment in life in general, as dumb as that sounds.
My mom never did it for that exact reason. She didn’t want to play a falsehood for a number of years to then turn around and give the truth. She didn’t want us to distrust her for any reason.
Serious question but how did this work around other kids? A lot of kids would just go to school and tell everyone I think.
Also, how did you feel looking back on this? Do you wish she told the white lie just for the fun?
OMG that made me laugh.
I told them the truth, didn’t really care as a kid what they or their parents thought lol I’m glad even now that my mom made her choice not to lie to us, if I’m blessed with kids I won’t do it either.