one day when i was working on a project outside he asked if he could help. from then on we worked on the project and became good friends. i knew him about a year now. throughout that year we would get into conversations here and there about the "truth". i did a lot of research and showed him a lot of things. he might have not agreed with me on everything but it seemed like getting the jab was something he would never do. he knew everything was about control and that everything isn't the way the media make things out to be. we part for a while as he works on ventures and i work on mine.
fast forward to today and he shows up for the first time in a couple of months. we catch up and i eventually ask him if hes taken the jab. he says yes and im shocked but nothing was preparing me for what came next.
in short i tell him to look up things in order to reverse what he done. i also tell him the dangers and whats happening everyday to people who get them. the more i speak the more he tells me that what im saying doesn't make sense because
"im so sure im right"
and that the research i look at might not be the truth. and then he goes on to say
"you cant find the truth"
i asked him if he got 2 doses. he says yes. we also bring up god and he told me he prayed hard everyday for him not to get the jab but then his story just skips to him saying "i just said fuck lets get it over with". he said he was split in half about getting it because he didn't know what to believe.
here is the final kicker. after taking the two shots he tested positive for covid some time after. he never had covid or tested positive for it before getting the jab
you cant make this stuff up
I too have a good friend who I talked to very candidly about the real risks of the shots and worthlessness of any protection they give you. he works for himself, at home, totally remotely and got the shots anyway. He hasnt talked to me AT ALL since.
How we respond to those folks who reject us is really important. Hopefully there will be a time when you'll have the opportunity to either shun him or welcome him. I encourage you to love the person even when you can't accept their actions or decisions - "I told you so's" won't help our cause. I'm praying there will be a cure for the results of the momentary weakness or selfishness that so many have suffered. Even if there isn't, be gracious.
Will be shunning everyone. Tough love is better, builds character. This thing was never a "momentary" weakness; it only revealed peoples' natural dispositions. Once a decision is made, they will sink their heels in and rather watch the world burn than admit a personal mistake. Only when the truth becomes undeniable and public opinion changes will they swing back this way. Won't be rubbing it in, but no free passes when that happens, no "oopsies, let's be friends again." You do what you want, but to me, being "gracious" to someone who hasn't earned it only makes everyone feel better without fixing the problem. You went through all this crap and you've become a better person for it, if you love them, why deny them the same experience? These are weak and vain people that have already demonstrated that they will never learn in the abstract; it must personally affect them.
We've ALL lost friendships to this. What gets me is, it's THEY who cut us off from those friendships, not us. Everyone I know knows my stance on this, and I'd estimate 2/3 of my previous circle don't communicate with me anymore...all of them vaxxed. I don't discuss it (anymore), but I didn't cut them off...they know my stance and it was their call. Chalk it up to their shame on their decision. If they want Truth & knowledge on health issues they got my number. It's pathetically sad.