I notice that most people don't seem to give a crap about the virus anymore. Restaurants and stores are filled to the brim when the restrictions are removed, parks have dozens of people playing, and you rarely hear people on social media say #stayhome or #wearamask aside from political pundits. Sure, sometimes I see people walking outside with masks (lmao), but they're the minority. Despite this, what you hear from the news and the Ontario government, it still feels like it's still March 2020.
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I would have to question if living like that is worth it. Work is whatever, opinions should be business-related there anyway, but I dumped all the friends I could not speak honestly with, and I don’t hide anything from family.
I used to, so don’t get me wrong, but I feel great not doing it any longer. I just take the approach that if they don’t like my opinion, that’s their problem not mine. Plus conflict can be quite fun. :) If someone blows up on you and starts being crazy, just act like you’re watching a movie.
I used to hide my political views when I was around my sister because she is incapable of having a rational discussion, and I thought it wasn't worth the headache since I knew she would just get hysterical and the rest of our visit would be ruined.
But things have gotten too crazy for me to continue down that path.
So what do you do around your sister now?
Well I haven't seen her in about 2 years due to Covid because she lives in Canada.
But she's constantly sending group chat messages to our family members about BLM, feminism, etc., and I respond with my thoughts on why it's all bullshit. She never addresses my responses though. She just sends another link to an article or podcast on a different topic. Rinse and repeat.
It'll be interesting to see what happens when I visit her in the future. (although it's very possible that I'll never set foot in Canada again considering the fact that they're going full commie and I don't want to risk getting stuck in a Covid camp lol)
Good on you for speaking up within your family when your sister tries to disseminate bullshit instead of "Going along to get along" like most people do.
I try to call out COVID inconsistencies and hypocrisy and threats to liberty to anyone in person who will listen whenever it comes up, but it's hard to go against propaganda narratives around meek people sometimes without coming off as a ranting lunatic yourself.
I totally get it. It was the same way with my brother.
I realized, mostly after becoming Christian, that it’s my duty to point out the truth. I’m not going to try to change his opinion, or beat him over the head with it, but I will correct him when he says a falsehood and then let it be.
You can’t expect people to change if they’ve never even heard an alternative right? I don’t know if my words will ever impact him, but one day he might remember what I said. Until then he can suffer, and I’m not going to shed a tear for him because I did my part. If he refuses to hear it, that’s his right.
It’s just like with God. He warns us from time to time, but doesn’t force anything on us. We can ignore him and suffer if we choose to, and many of us do. And he loves us. I can’t pretend that I can do any better with my own brother than God does with his children.