I too had to unsubscribe to so many people for the same reasons. Maybe I am naive but it was shocking how many people suddenly were spouting Q rhetoric.
I live. Less than a mile from a UFO landing site that generally believed to be a hoax. I like to think it was real. Someone painted a mural for it nearby and I love that its there.
I can be very skeptical (My husband and i watch way too many of those paranormal video compilations on Youtube and try to debunk them.) but I also am a Mulder. I want to believe. Life would be so boring without cryptids, aliens, etc.
I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your shares, Lori-Lyn.
I don't think people talk enough about the losses we've experienced (sometimes very personal) due to the rise of misinformation and these ideologies that seem to have transformed communities seemingly overnight (but really what has happened is that our eyes have been opened. None of this happened overnight). I know many people are grappling with relationships that have been irrevocably altered.
I realize I know MUCH less about everything that I thought I did, and that I have to question everything. I guess the silver lining is that I have a keener sense of discernment and a stronger internal sense of authority. Which even still must be questioned!
This resonated so much. I was always the weirdo in my family, so much so that my mom always referred to me as "the Venusian", which I loved. So hey, fellow Venusian!
I have also had to tread the line between my love of and fascination with the woo and the turning of it into hateful propaganda and disinformation. I took a six-month long herbalism class in the early 2010s, which I loved, and which was thoughtfully balanced between tradition and modern science, only for the school to turn rabidly anti-science with the dawn of the Covid era, and I had to unsubscribe from their social media and mailing due to their fear-mongering and disinformation, which broke my heart.
I've had to do so much unsubscribing and it has really made me call everything into question. I want to continue to be my woo-self, but I can't hang with the hate and anti-science propaganda.
I too had to unsubscribe to so many people for the same reasons. Maybe I am naive but it was shocking how many people suddenly were spouting Q rhetoric.
I live. Less than a mile from a UFO landing site that generally believed to be a hoax. I like to think it was real. Someone painted a mural for it nearby and I love that its there.
I can be very skeptical (My husband and i watch way too many of those paranormal video compilations on Youtube and try to debunk them.) but I also am a Mulder. I want to believe. Life would be so boring without cryptids, aliens, etc.
It continues to shock me!
I kind of think of myself as a skeptical believer of things - so I know exactly what you mean.
Excellent writing and I find myself in complete alignment with you on all of it. Thank you for this deep dive.
You: “I have my whole life been interested in what lies beyond the stars in the sky and what lies behind our collective notion of reality.”
Me: “Same.”
Thank you! Probably always going to be navigating this territory - and feeling a little bit better about letting this side of me be seen. ❤️
I hope so! I identify completely and it isn’t discussed enough, from this perspective. Bring it on...
I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your shares, Lori-Lyn.
I don't think people talk enough about the losses we've experienced (sometimes very personal) due to the rise of misinformation and these ideologies that seem to have transformed communities seemingly overnight (but really what has happened is that our eyes have been opened. None of this happened overnight). I know many people are grappling with relationships that have been irrevocably altered.
I realize I know MUCH less about everything that I thought I did, and that I have to question everything. I guess the silver lining is that I have a keener sense of discernment and a stronger internal sense of authority. Which even still must be questioned!
Thank you, Sara.
Yes - it's so much loss and so many relationship altered.
I agree 100 percent about realizing I know much less than I thought I did! But you're right, there is that silver lining.
This resonated so much. I was always the weirdo in my family, so much so that my mom always referred to me as "the Venusian", which I loved. So hey, fellow Venusian!
I have also had to tread the line between my love of and fascination with the woo and the turning of it into hateful propaganda and disinformation. I took a six-month long herbalism class in the early 2010s, which I loved, and which was thoughtfully balanced between tradition and modern science, only for the school to turn rabidly anti-science with the dawn of the Covid era, and I had to unsubscribe from their social media and mailing due to their fear-mongering and disinformation, which broke my heart.
Oh hey, fellow Venusian! I love that!
It IS so heartbreaking, isn't it?
I've had to do so much unsubscribing and it has really made me call everything into question. I want to continue to be my woo-self, but I can't hang with the hate and anti-science propaganda.