i read a headline like, "Jewish agitator screams 'Gas The Jews' and then everyone else gets arrested for it.
this is the playbook.
Remember, the very first thing the Bolsheviks did when they took over Russia, was to pass hate speech laws, to shield themselves from any criticism as they killed ten's of millions of Russian Christians.
No matter how informed one thinks they are, when they are organized into a group to speak and shout what the person at the head speaks and shouts, they are the same at the end of the day.
theres at least one denomination of church where everyone goes into the chapel area and they all just sit there in silence for X amount of time.
native americans do this too. they have a meeting and everyone just sits there in silence, and then someone will say something after 30 minutes, and it will be silent for another 30 minutes, and then someone else will say something. white people find this very awkward, because they are used to someone always talking, and everyone else listening.
Yeah, and people will follow and parrot the leaders of the cause. We see it a lot on the left, and it radicalizes people.
It's why being informed is not the same as having an independent opinion, the latter only really coming about from people who will ask tough questions even on their own side.
Seeking truth and honesty is not always easy, but at least I won't feel guilty or regretful that I was being manipulated the whole of my life.