Exactly my situation, too. Relatives and Friends would have to admit to being “wrong” then, and misinformed, and to have been “duped,” and because they can’t be any of “those ignorant traits,” they activate “belief perseverance” clinging to their beliefs even in the presence of much opposing facts. They accuse us of the same. A No-win situation—a zero-sum evil game — that’s tearing apart families and our country. This is the fruition of incremental, insidious, clandestine, EVIL propaganda techniques, skillfully applied since 1913 —and particularly after WW II.
Exactly my situation, too. Relatives and Friends would have to admit to being “wrong” then, and misinformed, and to have been “duped,” and because they can’t be any of “those ignorant traits,” they activate “belief perseverance” clinging to their beliefs even in the presence of much opposing facts. They accuse us of the same. A No-win situation—a zero-sum evil game — that’s tearing apart families and our country. This is the fruition of incremental, insidious, clandestine, EVIL propaganda techniques, skillfully applied since 1913 —and particularly after WW II.
A masterclass in cognitive dissonance. I’ve never seen something as sad as all this.