Well, at least Wagner exhibited cognitive dissonance for all to see. The point is that this is how the Nazis began, by discrimination and segregation. Wagner can't see it cause its the horror that Wagner has become what was hated.
You know, Jeroma (if I may), I would also consider "these" people more honest and by far less disingenuous than the current crop of "good Covidistanians".
Speaking about the above statement, this is, indeed, the banality of evil. It has happened before, and it appears, to me, to happen again.
“The most disgusting thing, however, is that the Corona protection measures are being equated with Nazi crimes and that unvaccinated people are being called ‘new Jews’ and memorial workers are being called Nazis, fascists and new Dr. Mengeles.”
No, the most disgusting thing is their PRACTICING of this discrimination, denying it, and then acting like the victims!
I concur, and I honestly thought about that interview with V. Sharav, too.
My problem here is: everytime (i.e., multiple times a day) I talk about this with my spouse, I'm reminded by her that before those "Branch Covidians" (C.J. Hopkins) reconsider their stance, "people like us will be put in concentration camps".
Looking at Australia--really, what's the big difference between "Austria" and "Oz" (except for one syllable: siblings in totalitarianism)?--or the UK and its "quarantine hotel" policy last spring and summer, this isn't a far-fetched "conspiracy theory", a term that, incidentally, is of shady US "intelligence" origins.
Bottom line: I doubt that doing so will ruffle any feathers, to tell you the (sad) truth. My recurring (as in "Groundhog Day") experiences with the people you so eloquently describe in your letter is--even if some harbour (self-) doubts about what they've done to themselves, i.e., getting the jab(s) and trying to compel (coerce) others to do so as well, their proselytising is akin to inversely projecting their own fears and hatred upon those who (still) dare to know.
I definitely understand your dilemma. There is certainly merit to the “gray man” philosophy of trying to stay under the radar, although I personally feel it is more important to speak out about the tyranny so we have a chance of stopping it now rather than hunkering down and waiting for it to inevitably unfold. Everyone has to weigh those decisions carefully, though, while choosing to push against galloping totalitarianism in whichever ways are best for their circumstances (which you are clearly doing through this blog).
You nailed it with your “Groundhog Day” analogy—it does truly feel that way sometimes, especially when it it comes to the menticided Covidians.
At some point, though, I wonder what kind of reaction the staff over at Buchenwald Memorial would have expected: a pat on the back by an adoring public?
Well, at least Wagner exhibited cognitive dissonance for all to see. The point is that this is how the Nazis began, by discrimination and segregation. Wagner can't see it cause its the horror that Wagner has become what was hated.
You know, Jeroma (if I may), I would also consider "these" people more honest and by far less disingenuous than the current crop of "good Covidistanians".
Speaking about the above statement, this is, indeed, the banality of evil. It has happened before, and it appears, to me, to happen again.
Compliance will make us free!
Uh, wait...
What’s intolerable is *their* intolerance!
“The most disgusting thing, however, is that the Corona protection measures are being equated with Nazi crimes and that unvaccinated people are being called ‘new Jews’ and memorial workers are being called Nazis, fascists and new Dr. Mengeles.”
No, the most disgusting thing is their PRACTICING of this discrimination, denying it, and then acting like the victims!
I think you should send them my “Letter to an Agree-to-Disagree Relative” (https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/letter-to-an-agree-to-disagree-relative), with a special callout for this interview by Holocaust survivor Vera Sharav: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjUOHGY2K14
That oughta ruffle their feathers even more ;-)
I concur, and I honestly thought about that interview with V. Sharav, too.
My problem here is: everytime (i.e., multiple times a day) I talk about this with my spouse, I'm reminded by her that before those "Branch Covidians" (C.J. Hopkins) reconsider their stance, "people like us will be put in concentration camps".
Looking at Australia--really, what's the big difference between "Austria" and "Oz" (except for one syllable: siblings in totalitarianism)?--or the UK and its "quarantine hotel" policy last spring and summer, this isn't a far-fetched "conspiracy theory", a term that, incidentally, is of shady US "intelligence" origins.
Bottom line: I doubt that doing so will ruffle any feathers, to tell you the (sad) truth. My recurring (as in "Groundhog Day") experiences with the people you so eloquently describe in your letter is--even if some harbour (self-) doubts about what they've done to themselves, i.e., getting the jab(s) and trying to compel (coerce) others to do so as well, their proselytising is akin to inversely projecting their own fears and hatred upon those who (still) dare to know.
I definitely understand your dilemma. There is certainly merit to the “gray man” philosophy of trying to stay under the radar, although I personally feel it is more important to speak out about the tyranny so we have a chance of stopping it now rather than hunkering down and waiting for it to inevitably unfold. Everyone has to weigh those decisions carefully, though, while choosing to push against galloping totalitarianism in whichever ways are best for their circumstances (which you are clearly doing through this blog).
You nailed it with your “Groundhog Day” analogy—it does truly feel that way sometimes, especially when it it comes to the menticided Covidians.
...methinks thou dost protest too much...
At some point, though, I wonder what kind of reaction the staff over at Buchenwald Memorial would have expected: a pat on the back by an adoring public?
Talk about mismanaged expectations…