At one point I walked outside to join others in the backyard and they were whispering about my husband and I being “Trump supporters.” They shut up when they saw me and I said, “Damn, that reminds me. I forgot my MAGA hat!”
My husband’s brother, who is hosting the wedding, got Covid last spring and he told me a half-hour story about his battle with it at the kitchen table last night, as if he were a mythological figure. He almost died, actually. Sick for a month.
And I just looked at him and told him his brother—my husband—got it and was able to go back to work in three days after I scored him Ivermectin. And I swear to God, the whole table had like a thick fog come over their eyes and there was just silence. And the mood was that me and my husband were some kind of crazy renegades.
Don’t you think they would have been thrilled for my husband? That he got well!? That he survived? Or interested in how we did it? No, they’re just willing to die. This family, guys, this family is more brainwashed than any group of people that I’ve come across. It’s almost palpable, it’s almost like I can see the thin veils over their heads. It’s just so fricking sad.
And the thing is, they’re so smug. They think they’re soooo right, and soooo smart and so much more enlightened. It’s just unbelievable. You can’t red-pill these people because whenever truth enters the room, they literally zone out. They become zombies.
I’ve never seen anything like it.
I can’t wait to get the hell out of here.
Quite frankly.
There is no longer any point of trying to red pill people who aren't ready to ask questions.
If they are brain washed. They are being that way to PROTECT their own mindset.
That's a natural defense to human beings.
You cannot defeat this defense. It's there for a reason.
In fact... people will become more interested in hearing what you have to say when you don't argue with them at all.
If they tell you a belief that is clearly stupid. Just look at them, smile and say ok.
That silent treatment is far more powerful then you think.
Higher intelligent people should not speak time arguing with those who are not informed.
Sadly, I've had to adopt this strategy as well. My father began talking about getting a booster shot, and my brother and his family are all jabbed (wife and daughter are medical), so I took it upon myself to try to educate them about what the INDEPENDENT medical community is saying, with links and references. My brother is a retired Lieutenant Commander from NAVAL INTELLIGENCE no less (retired about 20 years ago, but he thinks he still knows everything about everything), and both he and my father basically ridiculed me and told me to stop.
I'm reminded by the parable of the donkey and tiger...
I also retired from the Navy 20 years ago, and what's more, from the Intelligence Community 4 years ago from my post-Navy career, and I can tell you rn that I dont know shit about what they have been doing since then - technology and collection priorities change that fast. Your Bro wants to stay in the loop, but he cannot (need to know, no more security clearance, no more access to programs).
I'm preparing myself for a possible inevitable confrontation with my brother, and what you said was actually part of my argument...in my head. He was so heavily indoctrinated with assumptions and beliefs about "who the good guys are" and "who the bad guys are," and questioning sources to the point he believes nothing...that the fact he has been out of the loop for so long isn't evidence enough for him that what he THOUGHT he once knew, no longer has relevance, and since he has no current sources, he might as well as be living under a rock.
I used to really look up to my older brother, but I've come to realize he is a prisoner of his own ego, and nowhere near as smart as he thinks he is. I hate saying that...