From the context of the post I was generally just shit-posting, clearly.
But you make valid point/counter points that are a reality.
I can tell you what I am doing/have done, as small as it may be.
I haven't had my kids in a public school for over 4 years. We don't home school but I did the best I could with what was available.
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I hold the school(s) administration accountable to their own credos and push them to do what is right including any woke practices, gender bullshit as well as what they are teaching.
It is amazing at what you can accomplish by just pushing back even a little.
During COVID I refused to wear a mask. Never had push back. Of course it helps when your 6'3", 230 lbs and look angry but that was just a bonus.
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@BigSkyRider
Aside from my over the top comment above, individuals can do a great deal to change the tide in their local environs by just not giving into bullshit. That is how it starts.
During the main COVID tyranny even my Church "went along to get along" and asked us to wear masks. Of the 200+ in attendance each week, 5 people didn't wear masks the entire time. (Me, my wife and my 3 kids).
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@BigSkyRider
The school my kids went to, (6th grader and 2 sophomores) they offered exemptions for masks. We were nearly the only ones who took advantage of it.
My youngest daughter, who was in 6th at the time, is adopted. And black. In most of her classes she was the only one without a mask. Guess where they made her sit? If you guessed "by herself in the back of the class" you'd be right.
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@GetsGreased
We didn't make it a race thing because we have taught all our kids to face the world with a pair of balls and make it based on effort and merit, so my child took it and learned from it but we stood our ground and made the administration look like fucking morons.
My point is that we don't have to do big, bold things to effect change. Little things matter and they make a difference.
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@BigSkyRider
To finish up, even a year after the Church mask crap ended, I still had people come up to me individually and tell me that I inspired them and that they realized how ridiculous it all was and that me doing what I believed taught them a lesson.
Maybe that is what this country needs more of is just a few of us individually standing up to wake people up and teach them how to find some courage.
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bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
@Fletchlives @GetsGreased @BigSkyRider
cc @Data regarding our recent "pluralistischer ignoranz" thread :)
@Fletchlives me neither! data brought it up :) @GetsGreased @BigSkyRider @Data
Pluralistic ignorance:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluralistic_ignorance
In social psychology, pluralistic ignorance (also known as a collective illusion)[3] is a phenomenon which occurs when people mistakenly believe that everyone else holds a different opinion than their own.[4] Most people in a group may go along with a view they do not agree with, because they incorrectly think that most other people in the group agree with it. It refers to a situation in which the minority position on a given topic is wrongly perceived to be the majority position or where the majority position is wrongly perceived to be the minority position.[5][6] Pluralistic ignorance can arise due to a number of different factors. An individual may misjudge overall perceptions of a topic due to fear, embarrassment, social desirability, or social inhibition. Any of these can lead to the individual incorrectly perceiving the proportion of the general public who share similar beliefs to oneself. As such, pluralistic ignorance can only describe the coincidence of a belief with inaccurate perceptions, but not the process to get to those inaccurate perceptions. Thus, individuals may develop collective illusions when they feel they will receive backlash on their belief as they think it differs from society's belief.[7]
A common example of pluralistic ignorance is the bystander effect,[8] where individual onlookers may believe others are considering taking action, and may therefore themselves refrain from acting. This results in all the individual onlookers believing that the majority of onlookers are taking action, when in reality the minority or none of the onlookers take action.[7]
Yes. I have heard of this before. It made me think of this: "
Kitty Genovese who was brutally murdered in NY in the 60's while 38 people watched.
Apparently it is also called the Genovese syndrome".
I guess it is more widespread now. Especially with the need to record everything on a phone.
@bonifartius
Pluralistic Ignorance? Hadn't heard of this.
I know what I am going to read about tonight. Thanks for the pointer.
@GetsGreased @BigSkyRider @Data