The worst part of it is, I really don't think that these are malicious people. That's what's so hard about what's been going on for the better part of 7-8 years now. It's like watching loved ones lost to a cult. They now really believe whatever indoctrination they're spouting, and think they're doing the "right" thing and that they are good, smart, and perfectly reasonable people. I know there is nothing I can do, but it's still sad.
That said, my instinct is to pull away and avoid. They're all being perfectly nice and normal, all happy that "the pandemic is over" and they can get back to "normal" life and want me to come socialize, but I still shrink from them. I can't un-see what I've seen in recent years - the gullibility, the group-think, the worship of dogma ("science"), the unthinking obedience to authority ("experts"), the support of human rights violations, the willingness to condemn others (Trump voters, the unjabbed) as a sub-category of humans who don't deserve respect, etc. There's something very wrong with their moral compasses, even if they can't see it.
The fact is, your Ogham basically told me what my intuition was already telling me...but I wanted a "second opinion" on the matter. Your Ogham's confirmation of my instincts makes me feel less like I'm the crazy one.
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It is indeed very painful.
The worst part of it is, I really don't think that these are malicious people. That's what's so hard about what's been going on for the better part of 7-8 years now. It's like watching loved ones lost to a cult. They now really believe whatever indoctrination they're spouting, and think they're doing the "right" thing and that they are good, smart, and perfectly reasonable people. I know there is nothing I can do, but it's still sad.
That said, my instinct is to pull away and avoid. They're all being perfectly nice and normal, all happy that "the pandemic is over" and they can get back to "normal" life and want me to come socialize, but I still shrink from them. I can't un-see what I've seen in recent years - the gullibility, the group-think, the worship of dogma ("science"), the unthinking obedience to authority ("experts"), the support of human rights violations, the willingness to condemn others (Trump voters, the unjabbed) as a sub-category of humans who don't deserve respect, etc. There's something very wrong with their moral compasses, even if they can't see it.
The fact is, your Ogham basically told me what my intuition was already telling me...but I wanted a "second opinion" on the matter. Your Ogham's confirmation of my instincts makes me feel less like I'm the crazy one.