Sarah, great post! I plan to send it to some friends and assume you would be ok with that.
I think you have pinpointed the issue, which is that the state of gripping fear so many people are in is what prevents them from being able to 'hear' anything different than: COVID is lethal, vaccines are our only hope, the government is acting in …
Sarah, great post! I plan to send it to some friends and assume you would be ok with that.
I think you have pinpointed the issue, which is that the state of gripping fear so many people are in is what prevents them from being able to 'hear' anything different than: COVID is lethal, vaccines are our only hope, the government is acting in our best interest, etc. I have just read through a lot of the replies to Steve's post here and there is some great stuff - but pretty quickly the comments move to appealing to people's intellect to 'wake them up' without consideration of fear. Honestly, if I had bought into all of this stuff and was in mortal fear of COVID, convinced if I got it I could die, had gotten three injections and sported a mask everywhere I went for 2 years and you got me to watch Dr. Malone's interview on Rogan, I'd be apoplectic! The anxiety created by the monkey wrench of doubt that Malone's words would throw into my psyche would be excruciating. If I believed he was credible I'd be horrified that I had this poison in my body and would be madly trying to figure how to get it out. My fear would now be off the charts. That's IF I didn't slam my brain shut and decide Malone was full of s**t and refuse to finish watching the interview, which is what I think lots of folks do. Denial is a very powerful coping mechanism. I'd also be mad at whoever got me to watch the interview because I would know that they think I've been duped. Now not only am I in fear and anxiety but my ego has just been assaulted. It is a rare person that, especially at this point in this nightmare, can incorporate information that is so profoundly counter to what they have believed and held onto with a death grip for 2 years. I've had a little success with people who love and trust me but I have lost some relationships, some relationships are suffering and some are hanging on by a thread. And then there are those I am just ready to cut loose and good riddance and good luck!
Anyway, Sarah, I really appreciate what you wrote because this is what I am living and I totally agree with your recommendation that we stop using their language. Language has been totally perverted (as Malone eloquently pointed out) to a ludicrous point.
But now I can't resist asking you, what DO you say to people when you find yourself in a conversation about COVID? If you don't offer reason, data, science, or logic, what do you say? I am literally asking for examples here.
Facts and logic will not work against this. What taught my son not to touch the hot stove top wasn't me lecturing him a month before; it was the burn he got when he ignored my warnings. I don't want this to happen, but the only thing that will change this is if a lot of people start dying from the jab and it becomes impossible to deny that the jab is the cause of death. At present, most people's lives are back to "normal" because they are at least double jabbed and have the pass. Showing them the facts will only make them shrug their shoulders and say, "Big deal!"
Malone spoke of Fear porn on Rogan. I call it viruganda. Stuff is thick. IsoLa solitary isolation lockdown is spell of despair. Masks show submission to Covidope cult
Hacksxxxine is lethal child sacrifice
Vaxxsport is slavery
Segregation from Covidopelandia pass. Who needs it?
Sarah, great post! I plan to send it to some friends and assume you would be ok with that.
I think you have pinpointed the issue, which is that the state of gripping fear so many people are in is what prevents them from being able to 'hear' anything different than: COVID is lethal, vaccines are our only hope, the government is acting in our best interest, etc. I have just read through a lot of the replies to Steve's post here and there is some great stuff - but pretty quickly the comments move to appealing to people's intellect to 'wake them up' without consideration of fear. Honestly, if I had bought into all of this stuff and was in mortal fear of COVID, convinced if I got it I could die, had gotten three injections and sported a mask everywhere I went for 2 years and you got me to watch Dr. Malone's interview on Rogan, I'd be apoplectic! The anxiety created by the monkey wrench of doubt that Malone's words would throw into my psyche would be excruciating. If I believed he was credible I'd be horrified that I had this poison in my body and would be madly trying to figure how to get it out. My fear would now be off the charts. That's IF I didn't slam my brain shut and decide Malone was full of s**t and refuse to finish watching the interview, which is what I think lots of folks do. Denial is a very powerful coping mechanism. I'd also be mad at whoever got me to watch the interview because I would know that they think I've been duped. Now not only am I in fear and anxiety but my ego has just been assaulted. It is a rare person that, especially at this point in this nightmare, can incorporate information that is so profoundly counter to what they have believed and held onto with a death grip for 2 years. I've had a little success with people who love and trust me but I have lost some relationships, some relationships are suffering and some are hanging on by a thread. And then there are those I am just ready to cut loose and good riddance and good luck!
Anyway, Sarah, I really appreciate what you wrote because this is what I am living and I totally agree with your recommendation that we stop using their language. Language has been totally perverted (as Malone eloquently pointed out) to a ludicrous point.
But now I can't resist asking you, what DO you say to people when you find yourself in a conversation about COVID? If you don't offer reason, data, science, or logic, what do you say? I am literally asking for examples here.
And thanks for articulating this so well.
Facts and logic will not work against this. What taught my son not to touch the hot stove top wasn't me lecturing him a month before; it was the burn he got when he ignored my warnings. I don't want this to happen, but the only thing that will change this is if a lot of people start dying from the jab and it becomes impossible to deny that the jab is the cause of death. At present, most people's lives are back to "normal" because they are at least double jabbed and have the pass. Showing them the facts will only make them shrug their shoulders and say, "Big deal!"
Malone spoke of Fear porn on Rogan. I call it viruganda. Stuff is thick. IsoLa solitary isolation lockdown is spell of despair. Masks show submission to Covidope cult
Hacksxxxine is lethal child sacrifice
Vaxxsport is slavery
Segregation from Covidopelandia pass. Who needs it?
Harmaceuticals need leash pull and fast...
Whole agenda is bunk
Change the narrative
Freedom and blessings