That last para ... that's it. That's what really got under my skin. Friends, relatives. Some who STILL barely talk to us. I questioned masking and got a pile-on from 'individuals'. I questioned whether schools should be closed and got a pile-on from 'individuals'. I questioned it all, same result. And now I wonder, will those 'individuals' ever recant? The answer to that is 'no'. They are dissembling instead.
I’m sorry to hear this, Ron. So much about the Covid era was so divisive. The heartbreaking part is that those in charge liked to talk about unity (we’re all in this together), yet stoked conflict again and again.
Post covid times I have tried to move on but the underlying fascism is ever present. For example, I wanted to go back into the theatre world in my rural world and I was willing to put my banishment aside, just so I could in something I enjoy. But then l watched my local town and some good friends of mine turn on a local theater producer due to some unknown comment he made (I never found out what his crime was). They called him into a meeting and told him that he could no longer run his own theatre company. I tried to talk to my friends about their treatment of their peer but they were righteous. It was the cold, bureaucratic nature of their heartless actions that stunned me. They believe there is some sort of outside authority that they must obey? They police each other. They would have sent me to a unvaccinated camp with no regrets, that I know.
The further out we get from those awful days, the more incredible it is to see the full range of 'measures' that were thrown at us. Almost hard to believe some of the ridiculous tricks and tactics.
There are those who'd like to minimize and excuse, and for us to just forget.....nevah!
Thanks to your book, Donna, some new eyes will be opened and the originals will say, Yup, it *was* real!
Truly. They are going to try to re-write history, we know it, and I can picture the crappy films being written already, but thank goodness for Donna's work. So important.
Sheldon could sense a scam a mile away. And he actually got the antibody test - he was quite thorough. He said things that I certainly considered. That kept us safe from society's murderous actions.
That last para ... that's it. That's what really got under my skin. Friends, relatives. Some who STILL barely talk to us. I questioned masking and got a pile-on from 'individuals'. I questioned whether schools should be closed and got a pile-on from 'individuals'. I questioned it all, same result. And now I wonder, will those 'individuals' ever recant? The answer to that is 'no'. They are dissembling instead.
I’m sorry to hear this, Ron. So much about the Covid era was so divisive. The heartbreaking part is that those in charge liked to talk about unity (we’re all in this together), yet stoked conflict again and again.
Post covid times I have tried to move on but the underlying fascism is ever present. For example, I wanted to go back into the theatre world in my rural world and I was willing to put my banishment aside, just so I could in something I enjoy. But then l watched my local town and some good friends of mine turn on a local theater producer due to some unknown comment he made (I never found out what his crime was). They called him into a meeting and told him that he could no longer run his own theatre company. I tried to talk to my friends about their treatment of their peer but they were righteous. It was the cold, bureaucratic nature of their heartless actions that stunned me. They believe there is some sort of outside authority that they must obey? They police each other. They would have sent me to a unvaccinated camp with no regrets, that I know.
Frightening
The further out we get from those awful days, the more incredible it is to see the full range of 'measures' that were thrown at us. Almost hard to believe some of the ridiculous tricks and tactics.
There are those who'd like to minimize and excuse, and for us to just forget.....nevah!
Thanks to your book, Donna, some new eyes will be opened and the originals will say, Yup, it *was* real!
Truly. They are going to try to re-write history, we know it, and I can picture the crappy films being written already, but thank goodness for Donna's work. So important.
it's highly unusual "they" haven't declared success and produced those crappy films already don't you think?
absolutely -
Sheldon could sense a scam a mile away. And he actually got the antibody test - he was quite thorough. He said things that I certainly considered. That kept us safe from society's murderous actions.