Challenge them to look at the bigger picture. Tell them they've got their heads down and are only seeing a tiny corner of the movie screen, but if they'd look up and step back they would see the entire picture.
Tell them it's not about a virus. Or masks. Or "social distancing." Ask them what they think it's REALLY about. What else is happening in other US cities? What pattern do they see?
Because there is a pattern and they are missing it. Play a game with them. Ask them what they see besides what's solely happening in their neighborhood. Tell them you see it but you want to know what THEY see.
P.S. Your friends are getting high off of their virtue signaling and from smugly telling you that they are Good Christians and you are not.
People who are low on the social scale love nothing more than feeling superior to someone who is naturally higher up there than they are. This is why they are so blind to the bigger picture, because their drug of smug superiority kicks in and they don't ever want that to end.
Challenge them to look at the bigger picture. Tell them they've got their heads down and are only seeing a tiny corner of the movie screen, but if they'd look up and step back they would see the entire picture.
Tell them it's not about a virus. Or masks. Or "social distancing." Ask them what they think it's REALLY about. What else is happening in other US cities? What pattern do they see?
Because there is a pattern and they are missing it. Play a game with them. Ask them what they see besides what's solely happening in their neighborhood. Tell them you see it but you want to know what THEY see.
P.S. Your friends are getting high off of their virtue signaling and from smugly telling you that they are Good Christians and you are not.
People who are low on the social scale love nothing more than feeling superior to someone who is naturally higher up there than they are. This is why they are so blind to the bigger picture, because their drug of smug superiority kicks in and they don't ever want that to end.