I can't really say anything that wouldn't sound like empty platitudes, Mr. Kent. Pretty much everyone has/had family that did this to them. My paternal grandmother still believes the lie of covid and thinks everyone STILL needs to get jabbed or lose everything, then again she also believes men can magically turn into women and that pedophiles aren't trying to convince us to accept them and indoctrinating the children no matter what I bring up.
I showed my dad a whole bunch of stuff during those early days, brought up arguments from people smarter than I and who had the background in the medical industry who stood against it. Lots of stuff, begged him not to get it.
He still did it anyway, because he couldn't live without going to his pool games in the bars and drinking past the point he should have hung up his keys. Those were more important than not being a statistic in one of the largest - if not THE largest - unethical medical test in history. Rum and having a pool cue in hand while being way too friendly with women younger than his son was so important he'd risk dying to strokes, heart failure, brain damage and all the other issues that were at high risk of occurring.
But he tried to hide it. And now his health is taking odd downturns in certain areas, not helped by the drinking and smoking.
I was incredibly upset when I found out, because he said he agreed with me that the government wasn't to be trusted.
I think his mother also partially had something to do with it, because he was raised to be a whipping boy for women, a lap dog that merely drifts from leash holder to leash holder. He'd literally let a woman beat the shit out of him rather than defend himself, and he told me he'd put me in the hospital if I ever struck a woman even in self defense.
I don't know exactly what you're going through, but I'm sorry you're going through it. I'm sorry that so many people are dumb fuck cowards who can't own up to their failings. I'm glad you can be a man, at least better than I, and certainly better than them.
There's not much here to take pride in, however. And I'm sorry you feel guilty that you didn't stand up for your coworkers. But they made their choice, they didn't stand up for themselves like you did. Even if you may have had a bit of shielding due to the relationship with your brother, you made yourself clear and stood your ground.
It's sad to say, but we can never forget those who wanted us dead for not following their poison god that comes from a needle. Not even when they were the ones we thought were closest.
No amnesty, even when it hurts the most.
Cheers, brother. Happy thanksgiving, and Merry Christmas. Glad you're here with us. Hope we can stay around for a long long time.
Thank you very much for writing this.
A lot of it is that I do feel totally alone, and knowing you have seen the same thing happen is helpful.
A lot of people on our "side" will only say certain things when they talk about lock-downs, or the death vaxx. They will always say things like:
Lockdowns, what lockdowns? We never paid attention to those
or
We all knew better than to take the death jabs
It is like people are very willing to admit they were right, and saw through the bullshit. Which is fine, good even.
But nobody ever really talks about the cost. Nobody talks about the families that were torn apart, or about being disowned by their own parents. The really painful stuff that doesn't make a popular one line response, they keep quite about that.
But I am glad to hear you went through some of the same.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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