As a recovering lefty, feminist, and environmentalist I feel like I've been played, and spun, and played some more, over all kinds of things. Weaponizing compassion against the compassionate is definitely an effective strategy for propagandists.
I know these feelings so well. I used to be DEEP into feminism/social justice until 2014/2015, when something happened and suddenly I realized I'd been lied to by feminists I trusted. It started me questioning everything that I had believed in for years and began my walk out of feminism and social justice circles. I've lost a lot of friends, and I think most who still hang on to me do so in secret hopes they can convert me back to the cult.
Even then, though, I still believed in the Covid psyops at first--my mom broke her leg in January 2020 and had complications of blood clot and cellulitis, as well as having Hashi's, so she was definitely at high risk for any infection and I was working in the hospital so I was "frontline"--so I do have an excuse for falling for it right away. The news was scary, and I was terrified for my mom. But luckily my husband saw through a lot of stuff early on and kept me sane, kept me from falling too deep, and by end of 2020 when they first offered the jabs to us I was coming out of it. By June 2021 I was fully awake, after working a month full-time in ER reg and seeing the amount of injuries rolling in.
(My husband was also the one who helped me see the truth of the social justice cult I was in. Saved me from 2 cults now. Eternally grateful for him.)
But yes, it's all absolutely weaponized compassion and it's terrifying how effective it is.
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branchandroot
Re: parallel universes
Date: 2025-01-27 07:42 am (UTC)I know these feelings so well. I used to be DEEP into feminism/social justice until 2014/2015, when something happened and suddenly I realized I'd been lied to by feminists I trusted. It started me questioning everything that I had believed in for years and began my walk out of feminism and social justice circles. I've lost a lot of friends, and I think most who still hang on to me do so in secret hopes they can convert me back to the cult.
Even then, though, I still believed in the Covid psyops at first--my mom broke her leg in January 2020 and had complications of blood clot and cellulitis, as well as having Hashi's, so she was definitely at high risk for any infection and I was working in the hospital so I was "frontline"--so I do have an excuse for falling for it right away. The news was scary, and I was terrified for my mom. But luckily my husband saw through a lot of stuff early on and kept me sane, kept me from falling too deep, and by end of 2020 when they first offered the jabs to us I was coming out of it. By June 2021 I was fully awake, after working a month full-time in ER reg and seeing the amount of injuries rolling in.
(My husband was also the one who helped me see the truth of the social justice cult I was in. Saved me from 2 cults now. Eternally grateful for him.)
But yes, it's all absolutely weaponized compassion and it's terrifying how effective it is.