I remember believing that with all of history taught in school, that hardly anyone in the US would fall for propaganda. Boy, was I naive. I get it now. I now know who in my life would have hunted down Ann Frank verses who would have hid her. And I will never forget. Never. In one sense, I feel liberated. In another sense, I feel lonely, sad and angry.
That was a real disheartening eye opener, finding out people in your family you believed were thoughtful and smart, were really panicky and fearful - ready to swallow any lie, blind to the contrary evidence staring them right in the face. Lined up to take that poison even as others were having heart attacks around them. Even as the lies are slowly revealed about covid and the vaccine, they still are in denial.
I have a nuts ass niece who wanted to know the family's vax status before she would attend christmas gathering. My daughter told her to Fuck off, not your business.
In laws and my niece's parents are all vaxxed. The rest of the family is a Hard No on the Clot shot. So sad that so many fall for the lies and deceit
My own immediate family. My mom rest her soul, was terrified of covid. She even bragged about taking the shot and getting boosted. She knew it was a plandemic, and was even a Trump supporter. She didn't die from the vaccine, but covid fear was awful.
Wouldn't see us at all if we had the sniffles until something happened with my grandbaby and we had a scary night at the er, then that sorta snapped her out of it.
I feel less respect for family members who are so thick and stupid. I guess before nothing of importance came up and I never saw them for what they were.
You know the book of Job in the Bible? That’s me. My wife is about to leave me by the end of this month. Completely tunnel visioned the entire plandemic and acts as if nothing happened. Now wants to leave.
Years ago, I used to do a lesson unit with my 6th graders on propaganda. The various methods used and ads, music, print media, etc. use of it. I hope at least some of them remembered those lessons.
I understand what you’re saying about realizing your naivety.. Always thought when someone exposed the truth it was game over.. Now realize that many of the Game Changing Truths I had accepted in the past were lies and finding myself Daily asking how deep this frigging rabbit hole goes !!
Not even going into the issues with the way we teach kids and how bad schools are, but the way we go about teaching history is not as a type of warning but more in the spirit of "we are so much better now, our society is infallible now" so it's not a surprise people are so blind to it, they weren't taught it as something to look out for and stop.
I remember believing that with all of history taught in school, that hardly anyone in the US would fall for propaganda. Boy, was I naive. I get it now. I now know who in my life would have hunted down Ann Frank verses who would have hid her. And I will never forget. Never. In one sense, I feel liberated. In another sense, I feel lonely, sad and angry.
The truth is hard sometimes. I feel very different about my extended family than I did three years ago.
That was a real disheartening eye opener, finding out people in your family you believed were thoughtful and smart, were really panicky and fearful - ready to swallow any lie, blind to the contrary evidence staring them right in the face. Lined up to take that poison even as others were having heart attacks around them. Even as the lies are slowly revealed about covid and the vaccine, they still are in denial.
I have a nuts ass niece who wanted to know the family's vax status before she would attend christmas gathering. My daughter told her to Fuck off, not your business.
In laws and my niece's parents are all vaxxed. The rest of the family is a Hard No on the Clot shot. So sad that so many fall for the lies and deceit
And it is the depth of their denial that amazes me.
My own immediate family. My mom rest her soul, was terrified of covid. She even bragged about taking the shot and getting boosted. She knew it was a plandemic, and was even a Trump supporter. She didn't die from the vaccine, but covid fear was awful. Wouldn't see us at all if we had the sniffles until something happened with my grandbaby and we had a scary night at the er, then that sorta snapped her out of it.
It’s insane how the people who degraded, chastised and abused us are forgetting and expect us to forget.
NEVER!!!
I feel less respect for family members who are so thick and stupid. I guess before nothing of importance came up and I never saw them for what they were.
I'm a Scorpio, and we don't forget...ever.
Same!
Me, too...I would die for you but, if you betray me, then you are dead to me forever.
You know the book of Job in the Bible? That’s me. My wife is about to leave me by the end of this month. Completely tunnel visioned the entire plandemic and acts as if nothing happened. Now wants to leave.
I hope that things work out.
The fact that advertising works is the reason propaganda will always work.
Doesn't help that Obama legalized it
Years ago, I used to do a lesson unit with my 6th graders on propaganda. The various methods used and ads, music, print media, etc. use of it. I hope at least some of them remembered those lessons.
I understand what you’re saying about realizing your naivety.. Always thought when someone exposed the truth it was game over.. Now realize that many of the Game Changing Truths I had accepted in the past were lies and finding myself Daily asking how deep this frigging rabbit hole goes !!
Not even going into the issues with the way we teach kids and how bad schools are, but the way we go about teaching history is not as a type of warning but more in the spirit of "we are so much better now, our society is infallible now" so it's not a surprise people are so blind to it, they weren't taught it as something to look out for and stop.
AMEN! I'm a retired (42 yrs) Soc St and English teacher. I'm so embarrassed when "college" kids and adults are interviewed by "man on the street".
Us, too...my husband and I would cringe when Jesse Watters would do these street interviews. Embarrassed.