One table over from me during lunch at a deli, a mother and daughter were discussing current news.
The daughter was a 40ish Air Force Colonel - I had to ask my ex-military hubby later what the patch and eagle on her shoulders meant LOL.
It went like this:
Mother: "This war in Ukraine is so awful! Why is Putin doing this?"
Daughter: "Mom, I've been to Ukraine three times. Their government is pure evil!"
Mother: "What does that have to do with what Putin is doing?"
Daughter: "It's not what it looks like. I don't understand everything going on with Putin, but I have it from a very good source that the Ukranian's are glad the Russians are there."
Mother: (looking dumbstruck) "But that's crazy! The Russians are killing them!"
Daughter: "No, they're not, Mom. The Ukranian Army is slaughtering their own people."
Mother: "But...but... Fox news says Russia is attacking them!"
Daughter: "Don't watch the news, Mom. Any of it. It's all lies."
I walked out of there SO full of hopium! 🥰🥰🥰
Edited: I made a mistake with the star comment. She had eagles on her shoulders. She is a Colonel. Sorry for the mix-up.
I had a conversation with my own brainwashed mother on Ukraine, it went pretty much how I expected.
-- Fair enough, but which ones, the Communists or the Nazi's?
-- I agree, it's terrible what the Ukranian government are doing to their own people.
-- Do you realise that he invaded to protect the people in the East who were being killed by the UKR government?
-- Do you ever stop to think where the words you are using are coming from Mum?
Back during the vaccine push I tried to red-pill her, but she told me I was scaring her and could I stop. I agreed, as long as she stopped repeating to me what the TV has told her to say. She broke the rule so I dropped red pills.
As soon as it got into details she clearly knew nothing about she backed off and claimed it was all too much to think about.