A stunning precis of the issues at the heart of this debacle, Sarah. You are absolutely right in your identification of the enmeshing of Fear into a mass formation phenomenon with Covid. We actually know that psychologists were enrolled, at least in the UK, in devising a campaign for mass vaccination using fear as the main source of tran…
A stunning precis of the issues at the heart of this debacle, Sarah. You are absolutely right in your identification of the enmeshing of Fear into a mass formation phenomenon with Covid. We actually know that psychologists were enrolled, at least in the UK, in devising a campaign for mass vaccination using fear as the main source of transformation in thinking.
Of course, self-interest has also played a part in this obsessively narcissistic age in which gymnasiums and, restaurants, and overseas travel are a requirement of "the good life". To challenge these shibboleths in today's environment is to invite anger and denial.
So you are right - breaking the "spell" is not going to be easy. Up until recently, I have not tried. We are able to retreat to our rural property and our own family understands our thinking and refrains from any challenge. But when visiting the city recently a "friend" attempted to embarrass me in public by sounding the alarm that I was unvaccinated. What I then did was respond by laughing and ridiculing her ill informed assumption that I was more of a risk of transmitting infection than her triple vaccinated self. Some advantage was - like you Sarah - I have a PhD, and can trade some kudos from that. We need to use everything we have to overturn this spell that they are under.
"Of course, self-interest has also played a part in this obsessively narcissistic age in which gymnasiums and, restaurants, and overseas travel are a requirement of "the good life" Great comment. How many people have I seen cracking and getting the jab because of this? For most, these goodies are the existential life blood of their lives. The idea that you might have to travel locally instead of taking the jet, or make your own food and exercise programme is like telling them they have to live in a yurt and eat what they can hunt.
What sort of a crass dickhead tried to embarrass you in upmarket Sydney?I would have given them what for!
Just joking(partly)-I live in rural Victoria,born & bred Melbourne(thank goodness I got away from there b4 all this)-one is able to hide from dictator Dan more easily in South Gippsland.I lived in Sydney for 3 1/2 yrs-mainly Bondi.(Yuk)
That really is awful,playing on "vaccination"status,but it happens in reverse,also.
My other half and our son went to visit their parents/grandparents,last year sometime.The parents knew my partner and son were unvaxxed,b4 knocking on the door,they heard the father say to the mother"Now don't get too close to them".That was about their own close blood relatives.The parents aren't really old,they just thought they were in danger from their own flesh and blood,who are.......scary,spooky.......unvaxxed.The horror.Which emanates from...fear.
Your " friend"is triple vaxxed,yikes,so is my sister.Now that's seriously scary.I can't get my sister to realise this is dangerous bullshit.I've tried speaking about it,sending her videos showing people with horrendous vax injuries,she insists she watched them,I've begged,pleaded with her to not do it,but she went right ahead and got her booster.All I can do is pray,and pray that we come up with some answers here.
A stunning precis of the issues at the heart of this debacle, Sarah. You are absolutely right in your identification of the enmeshing of Fear into a mass formation phenomenon with Covid. We actually know that psychologists were enrolled, at least in the UK, in devising a campaign for mass vaccination using fear as the main source of transformation in thinking.
Of course, self-interest has also played a part in this obsessively narcissistic age in which gymnasiums and, restaurants, and overseas travel are a requirement of "the good life". To challenge these shibboleths in today's environment is to invite anger and denial.
So you are right - breaking the "spell" is not going to be easy. Up until recently, I have not tried. We are able to retreat to our rural property and our own family understands our thinking and refrains from any challenge. But when visiting the city recently a "friend" attempted to embarrass me in public by sounding the alarm that I was unvaccinated. What I then did was respond by laughing and ridiculing her ill informed assumption that I was more of a risk of transmitting infection than her triple vaccinated self. Some advantage was - like you Sarah - I have a PhD, and can trade some kudos from that. We need to use everything we have to overturn this spell that they are under.
"Of course, self-interest has also played a part in this obsessively narcissistic age in which gymnasiums and, restaurants, and overseas travel are a requirement of "the good life" Great comment. How many people have I seen cracking and getting the jab because of this? For most, these goodies are the existential life blood of their lives. The idea that you might have to travel locally instead of taking the jet, or make your own food and exercise programme is like telling them they have to live in a yurt and eat what they can hunt.
What sort of a crass dickhead tried to embarrass you in upmarket Sydney?I would have given them what for!
Just joking(partly)-I live in rural Victoria,born & bred Melbourne(thank goodness I got away from there b4 all this)-one is able to hide from dictator Dan more easily in South Gippsland.I lived in Sydney for 3 1/2 yrs-mainly Bondi.(Yuk)
That really is awful,playing on "vaccination"status,but it happens in reverse,also.
My other half and our son went to visit their parents/grandparents,last year sometime.The parents knew my partner and son were unvaxxed,b4 knocking on the door,they heard the father say to the mother"Now don't get too close to them".That was about their own close blood relatives.The parents aren't really old,they just thought they were in danger from their own flesh and blood,who are.......scary,spooky.......unvaxxed.The horror.Which emanates from...fear.
Your " friend"is triple vaxxed,yikes,so is my sister.Now that's seriously scary.I can't get my sister to realise this is dangerous bullshit.I've tried speaking about it,sending her videos showing people with horrendous vax injuries,she insists she watched them,I've begged,pleaded with her to not do it,but she went right ahead and got her booster.All I can do is pray,and pray that we come up with some answers here.