Those of us who do not parrot the provided talking points get heckled, gaslighted, and attacked, no matter how innocuous our statements, or how kind. But it's gone beyond reason, reason does not get through to most of us. We have definitely been psychologically tampered with, and our powers of reason have been, for many of us, disabled.
I had a strange event today. I encountered an old friend of mine, who was struggling on a public street with her newborn baby in a stroller, her five year old pissed about something, and her three year old a full block away. She was masked, and I was not. My first thought was "oh she probably does not want me so close to her, her baby and her child" so I said "hello nice to see you" and walked on. An hour later (after my lesson), I realized she'd probably needed help! Pre-covid, that would have been my only thought, and I would have offered help. This as an example of how much more difficult it is these days to tell right from wrong, good from bad.
Aww, the neighbor woman, outnumbered by her three children, and not offered assistance because....Covid. How it has rearranged our thinking.
My sister is here from Germany. She had no choice: get vaccinated, or get fired. Conditions in Germany during lockdown have been much worse, in many ways, than in the States. The curfews, the fines, the closed doors. The daily testing. The flight.... eh. I don't want to talk about this stuff right now. The world is in disarray. The people could revolt, but where do we find the real powers that need to be deposed....