"I tend to think that if you believe something, you should act accordingly, and not just shrug and do the opposite the moment a little peer pressure gets applied..."
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PREACH BROTHER!
I have to say that the covid fiasco is the first time in my life that I've been able to watch something and be aware of this phenomenon. The above quote seems like it sums things up perfectly. It just doesn't seem all that complicated to me, but the wholesale rejection of supposed values has been a shocking thing to witness. I find it fascinating that you liken it to the abandonment of the sustainability movement in the 70s.
I am certainly still struggling to understand exactly what happened, but what I have realized is that if your dearly held convictions can flip around like the proverbial well oiled weather vane, they really weren't your values, were they? This of course leads to the disquieting truth that dang near everyone around me doesn't share my basic values, including those who I feel like instilled those values in me.
It isn't all that comforting of a thought that you feel like this is the third time you've witnessed this.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2022-11-07 05:30 pm (UTC)WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
PREACH BROTHER!
I have to say that the covid fiasco is the first time in my life that I've been able to watch something and be aware of this phenomenon. The above quote seems like it sums things up perfectly. It just doesn't seem all that complicated to me, but the wholesale rejection of supposed values has been a shocking thing to witness. I find it fascinating that you liken it to the abandonment of the sustainability movement in the 70s.
I am certainly still struggling to understand exactly what happened, but what I have realized is that if your dearly held convictions can flip around like the proverbial well oiled weather vane, they really weren't your values, were they? This of course leads to the disquieting truth that dang near everyone around me doesn't share my basic values, including those who I feel like instilled those values in me.
It isn't all that comforting of a thought that you feel like this is the third time you've witnessed this.
HV