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[–]julesburm1891 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The whole thing is incredibly frustrating because I’ve never before watched so many otherwise reasonable and decent people fall for something so clearly wrong, harmful, and bigoted.

It reminds me of being 14 and watching a preacher shout a bunch of literal gibberish and pour oil on a stage four cancer patient’s head with the intent of curing her. Everyone else in the room was crying and mumbling a bunch of nonsense along with the preacher. And I’m just sitting there in my scratchy tights wondering how no one else seems to realize how utterly crazy it all is.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The whole thing is incredibly frustrating because I’ve never before watched so many otherwise reasonable and decent people fall for something so clearly wrong, harmful, and bigoted.

I completely, completely agree. It is so disheartening to watch. And it frustrates me because there are clear solutions but the risks of speaking out against it are huge.

It reminds me of being 14 and watching a preacher shout a bunch of literal gibberish and pour oil on a stage four cancer patient’s head with the intent of curing her. Everyone else in the room was crying and mumbling a bunch of nonsense along with the preacher. And I’m just sitting there in my scratchy tights wondering how no one else seems to realize how utterly crazy it all is.

That is the worst, lol. I've been in a couple of similar situations when I was growing up in religion... it really is insane, the extent to which people will eschew all logic and recognition of reality in favor of their in-group's beliefs.