Apology Not Accepted by Chananya Weissman November 4, 2022
Many public figures who bullied and blackmailed people into taking toxic shots are scrambling for fig leaves. It's not yet a movement – most continue to act as if they did nothing untoward, let alone abetted a genocidal conspiracy – but it's definitely a trend.
A recent article in The Atlantic – just another pseudo-intellectual propaganda outlet whose only place is in the bathroom, and not as reading material – called for “a pandemic amnesty”. That's right, the sort of people who routinely try to destroy others for something they said twenty years ago now want you to forgive and forget what they did to you.
Meanwhile, they aren't even taking responsibility for their behavior. The most they can manage is that they were misled, maybe even that they were lied to. The experts told them to call you the most malicious names, to terrorize you and your children, to force you to obstruct your breathing and take accursed shots, to denounce you to authorities – everything short of deporting you to a prison camp, and that was in the works, too. They complied without an ounce of hesitation or compassion. They complied with religious fervor and malice.
But they couldn't have known better. Let it go.
Ben Shapiro expressed outrage at having been lied to – as well he should – but stopped short of taking responsibility for promoting this misinformation to his massive audience in condescending language. Shapiro has every right to defer to whichever expert he chooses to trust in any particular situation, but he has no right to pressure others to surrender their decision-making process to the same expert, or at all. At most he can suggest it and explain why his expert's opinion should be given more weight than yours. Then we could have an intelligent, respectful discussion, and possibly even convince one another without resorting to abusive tactics.
Unfortunately, he joined the chorus of bullies and blackmailers. This requires real teshuva. Real teshuva means acknowledging one's guilt, expressing sincere remorse, resolving not to repeat the mistake, taking measures to ensure it doesn't happen again, and rectifying the damage however possible. Blaming people for lying to you doesn't cut it.
Shapiro is right that we cannot become experts in everything, and must rely on others to guide us where our knowledge is insufficient. However, there is a big difference between deferring to a plumber's professional opinion on how to unclog your drain and calling perfectly healthy people dopes for not deferring to the demands of Big Pharma and their stooges. Even a sick person who needs medical intervention is advised to seek multiple opinions (not multiple people who read from the same script, but independent opinions from people with actual knowledge and wisdom). ... CONTINUE READING at https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=485
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"Apology Not Accepted" by Chananya Weissman
Date: 2022-11-13 09:21 pm (UTC)Apology Not Accepted
by Chananya Weissman
November 4, 2022
Many public figures who bullied and blackmailed people into taking toxic shots are scrambling for fig leaves. It's not yet a movement – most continue to act as if they did nothing untoward, let alone abetted a genocidal conspiracy – but it's definitely a trend.
A recent article in The Atlantic – just another pseudo-intellectual propaganda outlet whose only place is in the bathroom, and not as reading material – called for “a pandemic amnesty”. That's right, the sort of people who routinely try to destroy others for something they said twenty years ago now want you to forgive and forget what they did to you.
Meanwhile, they aren't even taking responsibility for their behavior. The most they can manage is that they were misled, maybe even that they were lied to. The experts told them to call you the most malicious names, to terrorize you and your children, to force you to obstruct your breathing and take accursed shots, to denounce you to authorities – everything short of deporting you to a prison camp, and that was in the works, too. They complied without an ounce of hesitation or compassion. They complied with religious fervor and malice.
But they couldn't have known better. Let it go.
Ben Shapiro expressed outrage at having been lied to – as well he should – but stopped short of taking responsibility for promoting this misinformation to his massive audience in condescending language. Shapiro has every right to defer to whichever expert he chooses to trust in any particular situation, but he has no right to pressure others to surrender their decision-making process to the same expert, or at all. At most he can suggest it and explain why his expert's opinion should be given more weight than yours. Then we could have an intelligent, respectful discussion, and possibly even convince one another without resorting to abusive tactics.
Unfortunately, he joined the chorus of bullies and blackmailers. This requires real teshuva. Real teshuva means acknowledging one's guilt, expressing sincere remorse, resolving not to repeat the mistake, taking measures to ensure it doesn't happen again, and rectifying the damage however possible. Blaming people for lying to you doesn't cut it.
Shapiro is right that we cannot become experts in everything, and must rely on others to guide us where our knowledge is insufficient. However, there is a big difference between deferring to a plumber's professional opinion on how to unclog your drain and calling perfectly healthy people dopes for not deferring to the demands of Big Pharma and their stooges. Even a sick person who needs medical intervention is advised to seek multiple opinions (not multiple people who read from the same script, but independent opinions from people with actual knowledge and wisdom). ... CONTINUE READING at
https://chananyaweissman.com/article.php?id=485