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Barney Rubble's avatar

Thank goodness you are paying attention. I assume you will be alerting Sen Ron Johnson.

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CalculatedEvils's avatar

Do we believe that there's any conventional move he can make that would effect positive change?

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Barney Rubble's avatar

IDK but belying my well and recently earned cynicism it seems obligatory to try. At least RJ has been part of the very counter narrative 2nd opinion Covid truth panels. Its a place to start.

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CalculatedEvils's avatar

I absolutely agree 100%, and I appreciate you saying that

As I'm sure you know, these are often the kind of conversations we only have internally. Even if/when our internal voice is one of reason...it's still refreshing/reassuring to hear that another sees it [the same] too, concerning areas where there's room for vast variances in opinion/perception/

interpretation

For many of the conspiracies, it's tough to get past the: if it really is, or isn't, when talking with others that feel we can take the world, and the people in it, at face value

Luckily, with many of them, I've learned to quickly bring the convo past/ away from debating whether it's happening, or not

...and to: either it's happening/will happen

...or someone WANTS us all to believe it is/will...in order to get us to live/behave as though we're in fear of it

Tbh, I've always been one to genuinely test the validity of any perceived or verbally imposed limits/ limitations put on us by others

...not only on my freedom to live/do as I see fit (within reason) and ability to choose...but also when it comes to accepted "rules/norms" in general

That said, once we take a big enough look, and develop enough of an understanding of how the world really works

...it does seem as though "resistance is useless/futile"

Therefore, as it seems you're suggesting (or at the very least, I'm inferring) ...even if/when we see enough of the picture where we feel sure that there's zero possibility of resisting and/or changing the trajectory we're on as a global society

...we HAVE to believe that there's always a possibility, assemble...aand collectively test to determine what the truth REALLY is, on a case by case basis

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