Just venting here to people who might understand... My friends and much of my family are so lost to the manipulation and brain washing. They are such good hearted people and that’s why they cling to the BLM narrative and support leftist policies, they believe that is how to best help others. I’m trying to help them see what’s going on but they are living in a completely different reality.
I feel so helpless watching them live in fear and stress and constant outrage over lies and misdirection.
These are people I love who have helped me through the worst days of my life.
When I try to show them the facts, they don’t want to see. I think it’s too terrifying to realize that maybe everything they believe is a lie.
I can’t tell them how I truly feel because I don’t want to lose them. I know some will say that makes them not worth it, but these are people I can’t give up on. I owe it to them to try to make them see before outing myself as one of the “bad guys” in their world.
I feel so angry at the media and everyone contributing to the false narratives. Anywhere providing actual facts is labeled “alt-right” and instantly discredited.
I have a lot of work to do to undo the insanity. I guess I can’t expect a lifetime of brainwashing to be undone overnight. It took me about a year to unbrainwash myself and it was hard.
Anybody got any success stories of saving friends or family?
You have to figure out that one thing to get the tiniest crack started.
When I first started going out with my wife, she was full bore Teacher’s Union brainwashes. We went out one day in my car and I had Euah on, and the first thing she says is “How can you listen to that racist?” I asked how she knew he was racist? She said everyone knows it. I said “I’ll make you a deal: as soon as he says something racist you can change the channel. Keep your hand on the dial.” Every time she tried to take her hand down I made her put it back. We listened to the whole show.
But the thing that really got her was when Chris Christie was running and the Union wanted to raise the dues by $5 per pay for political advertising to counter Christie because “he is going to cut employee benefits”. I asked her A) why doesn’t the Union use the extra $5 to pay for supplemental insurance for its members instead of giving it to political consultants? And B) after the election, regardless of who wins, do you really believe the Union will stop taking that $5 out of tour pay even though they technically won’t need it anymore?
THAT was the crack that started the red-pill process.
NOW my wife is telling me “ITS ALMOST NOON SEE IF RUSH IS ON!!!!!!!!!!!“ and is a YUUGE Tucker fan and knows that OANN kicks Fox’s ass.
For my friend it was the pedo world.
Well said.
Things matter that impact us the most, and it’ll be different for everyone. She was molested by her father and so she takes the pedo thing very seriously.
It’s earth shattering for her to realize all of her Hollywood elites have been protecting, participating, or encouraging pedo tendencies.
She cried when Bernie lost.. she’s come a long way.
I did three assignments to SAVA - crime scene Unit aint shit compared to that.
My friend’s son is married to one of Jesse Timendequa’s victims. I learned more from talking to her than in all the training classes For sex assault/child abuse I got sent to.
Now I got all the heebie-jeebies creepy/crawlies going on that I really did not miss. . . Lemme get my buddy Carlo Rossi over here. . .
I had a blind hatred of Rush. I still haven’t listened to him yet but I realize my opinions of him were all from what other people said, nothing I had formed on my own. Crazy how easily that happens!
You should give him a listen.
Start with going online and listening to a couple of morning updates - 60 second clips.
Ease your way in.
Just remember Rush is a big - a YUUUGE - user or irony and sarcasm when you listen to him. It is very easy to take him out of context because he is very expansive in his explanations and expositions - a quick sound bite from one of his monologues usually is a major injustice to what he says
Give him a shot. Takes about a month to catch up.
I'm actually on the other hand, a right leaning friend of mine on Friday had told me that Jacob Blake's "murder"(Yes, I corrected him.) wasn't justified, and that it would have been better off if the cops didn't shoot, to which I informed him of the 21 feet rule, as well as providing video evidence of knives in much further scenarios outclassing firearms.
He also started believing that the 'Covid' would kill his parents if he brought it home. He's only about 25 so his parents aren't at the age risk, and their conditions are not likely to lead to fatality with Covid.
At that point I had to stop before I punched him in the face, I hate to see people throw away their minds like this, but some people can't be saved, especially when they start falling for the lies. He also tried to make the claim that Rittenhouse was a white supremacist who went out shooting protestors. To which I replied that the Rioters he had shot had physically attacked him.
He was using leftist logic, the circle logic that tries to win an argument by citing more failed sources.
Earlier in that week, he had mentioned that we shouldn't be glorifying pedophiles, he somehow tried to work around the fact that Jacob Blake was a pedophile RAPIST.
I know this isn't helping the cause, but I'm afraid sometimes things are best let go. I'm going to keep trying to remind him he's wrong, and hopefully drive the nail home when I can. I think the problem is, you need an intervention, fully. A Room of Red Pills.
Good luck. The Covid thing is scary IF you believe the msm. Fear is powerful. Especially if you fear death.
I feel your pain, this has happened in my family to the point where even though I love them I know I may never be close to them again, not in any way that requires trusting them. What is happening to families is tragic.
I know how you feel. I am not Arron, I am Moses. OK, Moses lite.
Shout it with me: Hey leftists, LET MY PEOPLE GO!
What you are doing is creating "cognitive dissonance." This almost always results in an emotional rejection of the idea with no base in logic. Anyone willing to entertain truth (and not everyone is) will eventually crack when it gets loud enough and consider changing their view.
Dig deeper for sources. When an article mentions a study, find the actual study instead of the report which will always be deemed right leaning. In some (very few cases), search for the same information from a left leaning source. Sometimes you'll find it, even if it is reframed in a biased light or has other garbage in it.
On the religious side, if you see this as a legitimate battle of good verses evil, rejection of truth is rejection of God, and only God can change hearts. If the heart is unwilling, the mind will never be changed.
Well said!
I have stated over and over again it literally boils down to good vs evil at this point.
It’s never been more clear. I never even myself saw the left as EVIL so much as disgusting and disturbing and people that are Heavily misinformed.
Now. It’s very clear. You’re evil if you support Dems and I don’t think a lot of people can stomach that reality and still go along with it
GOD bless us all with strength and unity as we go and keep spreading light
Great advice, thank you! I do see it as a battle of good vs evil. That’s why I feel so strongly that I can’t abandon these loved ones. They are good people who want to do good in the world, they’ve been mislead.
My friend finally is!
What got her was pedo rabbit holes.
Realizing the left promotes and supports pedos openly was the beginning of the end.
The clear mishandling of the violence by actively encouraging it was the 2nd nail in coffin
Seeing her streets consumed with violent and deranged homeless people in LA with no end in sight is the 3rd
And the dominos are falling.
The worst part is her Dad has such TDS she now fears he’ll disown her if she doesn’t vote Democrat and having much suffering internally
There is hope
I’ve left the “left vs right” out of it And I’m starting to carefully frame it as GOoD vs EVIL
That is ultimately what it comes down to now. As simple as it is, good vs evil is all this boils down to now.
God Bless you and I hope you can make strides. Instead of trying to change her mind I honestly just started praying to change her heart. I didn’t even have to say a word. She eventually came to me asking questions.
Still a journey. Much love
Thank you! Praying to change hearts is a good idea, that is exactly what needs to happen. I appreciate the story about your friend!