Seriously... I know I have a once in a lifetime opportunity to not see them die needlessly and there is nothing I've been able to do to break through that sick fog of cognitive dissonance. I don't need them to admit I'm right apologize or anything like that all I care about is that they either begin the detox protocols immediately or don't get the vaccine for the few left that haven't. I'm starting to worry that I'm going to be the only person in my entire extended family alive a few years from now and that's just heartbreaking.
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Be as humble, sincere, and simple in your speech as you can. Nothing I've tried has been a magic bullet here but humble, sincere, and simple seems to keep their defenses from immediately kicking in.
Best wishes. We're all in this situation to one extent or another. It's an historic event that really IS "bigger than you can imagine" -- and more horrifying.
I'm in the same boat.
Most people are--tbh--weak and if not easily manipulated and indoctrinated, easily coerced and blackmailed. That's the reality of the human condition. They don't have the foundation, or the conviction, to resist the pressure. And those who have bought into the propaganda can't now admit they were wrong, because then they'd have to admit they may have--literally--committed suicide. And that prospect is just too horrible to consider. They HAVE to double down and Believe, at all costs. They have to convince themselves its safe, it was the right thing to do, or they'll go insane.
I've had to take a stance of Ms. Manners. If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all. If I do convince people in my family who have already had it, how deadly it is....there's nothing they (or I) can do about now. It's done. Scaring them won't help them. Sending them into a spiral of terror and self-loathing isn't going to help them. We're all just going to have to face the consequences if and when they come.
I thought one of them was on board with me--they agreed with everything I was saying, they supported my stance and then, last week....they walked in and got jabbed. They cried, said they were scared, and did it anyway, because the prospect of losing their job was even more scary than the Jab itself. So even if you do manage to convince the un-vaxxed, or think you have, they might still break under the pressure. And there's not a damn thing we can do to stop them.
Its like a person saying, I know I'm drunk and I shouldn't be driving but I need to drive to get to my job, so I'm driving no matter the consequences. If I die, I die. That's my analogy. Then, having made the decision to drive drunk, they have to convince themselves they were "fine", they could handle it, it's no big deal....to admit anything else is to admit how stupid, reckless, and dangerous their behavior really was. It isn't until they're sitting in jail (or in this case, dying) that they might think, Well, that wasn't such a good decision. And by then, what are you going to say to them that's going to fix it? Absolutely nothing. They're just going to have to face the consequences, and we're going to have to deal with the grief of a life wasted.
Would you allow an uninsured surgeon to operate on you? Most people say, of course not. well then, why would you accept an experimental drug from a company that won't compensate you if you are killed or permanently disabled?