Is anyone else struggling with what I am struggling with?
Having returned somewhat recently from an extended family get together, I have been shown that the people who need to read this simply will not.
There is an acute inability within this population to read material from "unapproved sources" which Kennedy is king in their minds.
"No, I will not read that study, there are other studies that dismiss it. No, I will not read that book, the author is a nutter. No, I will not watch this clip, snopes says that person is a conspiracy theorist. No, I dont care what that person says, they are a right winger, and probably deny the holocaust"
This is way more common than I was aware, since I do not spend much time with the insufferable left. But, how do you get past this?
The lack of curiosity is astounding. I read works of people I dont agree with, so as to know what they are seeing and saying. I am reading Transgender Marxism right now. Anyone think thats easy? This book sucks, but I have to read it.
So even if you are not willing to have your mind changed, read it so that you know what dissenting option looks like, so that you know WHAT you are dismissing.
But they won't even do that. I do not know what to do about it.
Yeah, I am betting over 90% who read your post here are nodding along with you; certainly I am. What to do? There is not much we can "do".
I think it all boils down to the fact that about 10% of the populous are "thinkers and readers", like . . . most reading a substack writen by a guy with a Phd about microbiology, virus, DNA, the genetic code, politics, and death!
If you are not ONE, you are:
-- highly susceptible to propaganda and going along to get along attitudes.
-- not learning. It all stopped the minute you left the last school attended. Not exercising your brain likely results in linear degeneration physically in the cells and mentally.
-- not INTERESTED in learning, so what's the point? Go on with life, drink a beer, and talk to your friends about . . . ANY inane subject, but NOT biology!
Nope, if I understood you correctly you have it wrong to some extent. I live as a close neighbor to an Amish community in rural Kentucky. They school their own and none have more than an eighth grade education. As for reading, they stick to church stuff and the Amish gossip magazine called the Budget. Every single one of them called out every single scam we were sold as early as March 2020. They knew before I did it was created in Wuhan. They suspected vaccine spike shedding early. They knew ivermectin and zinc would work. They knew how to treat the shortness of breath. Two got very sick. No one went to the hospital, no one died. School didn’t close. No one wore masks. Church was fully attended. I can’t explain them very well but it has something to do with a deeply held religious belief in God which makes them think deeply on all subjects. And they aren’t cowards and they won’t be led like sheep to the slaughter!
I WAS responding to your comment. You don’t need a PhD, or extensive reading to know the truth. What you need is common sense and a moral backbone. THAT’S what is missing in society in general. I have some experience with this. I had till recently a small business manufacturing. There were two kinds of people who worked for me: responsible and thoughtful; and, dumb as dirt and irresponsible. I didn’t need to do lots of training with the first but the second could not be taught no matter how much time you spent going over procedures and they WOULD NOT ask for help from someone that knew how to do what they needed to do. That is the current systemic societal problem. My undereducated Amish friends almost never get it wrong on any issue. Why? Because the have a strong moral backbone and common sense developed by hard work and challenging situations.
aldous, I posted on f.b.and e-mailed the last couple of SS from Dr. Malone and one or two did read out of 13. These "friends" are people I have known for YEARS! I just keep sending and posting, I figure in the privacy of their space, maybe they will take a peek. I want to know all sides of the coin.
I would broaden your statement to, “a large percentage of the population, regardless of party affiliations, ideologies, and beliefs will not read, or listen to, opposing views.” This is a shared problem.
Is anyone else struggling with what I am struggling with?
Having returned somewhat recently from an extended family get together, I have been shown that the people who need to read this simply will not.
There is an acute inability within this population to read material from "unapproved sources" which Kennedy is king in their minds.
"No, I will not read that study, there are other studies that dismiss it. No, I will not read that book, the author is a nutter. No, I will not watch this clip, snopes says that person is a conspiracy theorist. No, I dont care what that person says, they are a right winger, and probably deny the holocaust"
This is way more common than I was aware, since I do not spend much time with the insufferable left. But, how do you get past this?
The lack of curiosity is astounding. I read works of people I dont agree with, so as to know what they are seeing and saying. I am reading Transgender Marxism right now. Anyone think thats easy? This book sucks, but I have to read it.
So even if you are not willing to have your mind changed, read it so that you know what dissenting option looks like, so that you know WHAT you are dismissing.
But they won't even do that. I do not know what to do about it.
Yeah, I am betting over 90% who read your post here are nodding along with you; certainly I am. What to do? There is not much we can "do".
I think it all boils down to the fact that about 10% of the populous are "thinkers and readers", like . . . most reading a substack writen by a guy with a Phd about microbiology, virus, DNA, the genetic code, politics, and death!
If you are not ONE, you are:
-- highly susceptible to propaganda and going along to get along attitudes.
-- not learning. It all stopped the minute you left the last school attended. Not exercising your brain likely results in linear degeneration physically in the cells and mentally.
-- not INTERESTED in learning, so what's the point? Go on with life, drink a beer, and talk to your friends about . . . ANY inane subject, but NOT biology!
Nope, if I understood you correctly you have it wrong to some extent. I live as a close neighbor to an Amish community in rural Kentucky. They school their own and none have more than an eighth grade education. As for reading, they stick to church stuff and the Amish gossip magazine called the Budget. Every single one of them called out every single scam we were sold as early as March 2020. They knew before I did it was created in Wuhan. They suspected vaccine spike shedding early. They knew ivermectin and zinc would work. They knew how to treat the shortness of breath. Two got very sick. No one went to the hospital, no one died. School didn’t close. No one wore masks. Church was fully attended. I can’t explain them very well but it has something to do with a deeply held religious belief in God which makes them think deeply on all subjects. And they aren’t cowards and they won’t be led like sheep to the slaughter!
it appears your comment does not apply to mine. . . substack messed up their threads!
I WAS responding to your comment. You don’t need a PhD, or extensive reading to know the truth. What you need is common sense and a moral backbone. THAT’S what is missing in society in general. I have some experience with this. I had till recently a small business manufacturing. There were two kinds of people who worked for me: responsible and thoughtful; and, dumb as dirt and irresponsible. I didn’t need to do lots of training with the first but the second could not be taught no matter how much time you spent going over procedures and they WOULD NOT ask for help from someone that knew how to do what they needed to do. That is the current systemic societal problem. My undereducated Amish friends almost never get it wrong on any issue. Why? Because the have a strong moral backbone and common sense developed by hard work and challenging situations.
aldous, I posted on f.b.and e-mailed the last couple of SS from Dr. Malone and one or two did read out of 13. These "friends" are people I have known for YEARS! I just keep sending and posting, I figure in the privacy of their space, maybe they will take a peek. I want to know all sides of the coin.
I would broaden your statement to, “a large percentage of the population, regardless of party affiliations, ideologies, and beliefs will not read, or listen to, opposing views.” This is a shared problem.
Sadly, I think many of the deluded will finally have to wake up when we’re in a war with China which I fear is coming.
it's mass formation. you just have to keep speaking truth.