Hello! I’m a new subscriber and enjoyed this article as my first read of the morning. Thank you! Good stuff. Sending sympathy at your lost friendships. I’m lucky to have mainly lost only friends online over this. It still hurts, but your story was so so sad. Luckily I have made many new friends online to keep me sane. Every now and then I pluck up the courage to argue with the normies and see how it goes. My last attempt was jumping into the leaked SCOTUS decision mêlee. As a pro choicer for decades I thought maybe we could find common ground. Not so. And when I told this person her empathy was fake if it didn’t extend to my medical freedom she fought tooth and nail to explain that forcing other people to “do the right thing” is the most empathetic position. They sure don’t like it when you call out their hypocrisy! But we keep trying. Keep up the good work!
I agree with almost everything you said. I am slow to slap on the 'narcissism' label though, it is a complicated phenomenon. What is not complicated is the reality of 'denial' which is so commonplace and powerful as a defense against reality. What an eye opener this fiasco has been regarding the flaws in human character, such as willful denial, and irrational reactions masked as virtue.
I understand.. Narcissism exists on a range. Consequently, I wouldn't necessarily label someone a narcissist for the occasional insensitivity. However, when the entitled, dysregulated & callous behaviors are persistent and pervasive, then you are dealing with something more intransigent and malignant.
So whether the person exhibited narcissistic personality traits before Covid or not, and regardless of the reason for their more aggressive stance now, the narcissist label fits when someone dismisses vaccine injuries deaths with 'many more have or would have died without the vaccine' in order to justify measures that coerce vaccination or punish the non-compliant.
The analogy with the "my body, my choice" argument for pro-choice is valid. It is also part of the UNESCO stance on medical consent.
”Any preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic medical intervention is only to be carried out with the prior, free and informed consent of the person concerned, based on adequate information. The consent should, where appropriate, be express and may be withdrawn by the person concerned at any time and for any reason without disadvantage or prejudice.” - UNESCO on Medical Consent in Bioethics and Human Rights, Article 6 (2005)
”The interests and welfare of the individual should have priority over the sole interest of science or society.” - UNESCO documents on Medical Consent in Bioethics and Human Rights, Article 3 (2005)
“In no case should a collective community agreement or the consent of a community leader or other authority substitute for an individual’s informed consent.” - UNESCO documents on Medical Consent in Bioethics and Human Rights, Article 6, Section 3 (2005)
Yes, it is a pseudo ethic used by all totalitarian regimes to convince the masses that it is their duty to self sacrifice for the state. In order to survive we have not evolved to that level of altruism. Those who claim they are taking the experimental injection for the sake of others, in my view are deceiving themselves, and participating due to the fear of death (physically or socially) induced by the media. The destructive selfishness comes in I think, by refusing to consider another point of view, or to make an effort to question more deeply, and based on that refusal, the other is made a scapegoat, coerced, punished, held in contempt etc....
Yes. Just received an email invitation for a luncheon meeting that begins by asking people not to attend if they are not fully vaccinated and ends by saying masks must be worn except while eating. It also requires a negative test within the previous 24 hours.
All so that people can remain "safe and comfortable" while enjoying a social event with community-building as a goal.
They are as ignorant as the leadership in the Jim Crow South who brought in experts to explain the white man's superiority.
Hello! I’m a new subscriber and enjoyed this article as my first read of the morning. Thank you! Good stuff. Sending sympathy at your lost friendships. I’m lucky to have mainly lost only friends online over this. It still hurts, but your story was so so sad. Luckily I have made many new friends online to keep me sane. Every now and then I pluck up the courage to argue with the normies and see how it goes. My last attempt was jumping into the leaked SCOTUS decision mêlee. As a pro choicer for decades I thought maybe we could find common ground. Not so. And when I told this person her empathy was fake if it didn’t extend to my medical freedom she fought tooth and nail to explain that forcing other people to “do the right thing” is the most empathetic position. They sure don’t like it when you call out their hypocrisy! But we keep trying. Keep up the good work!
I agree with almost everything you said. I am slow to slap on the 'narcissism' label though, it is a complicated phenomenon. What is not complicated is the reality of 'denial' which is so commonplace and powerful as a defense against reality. What an eye opener this fiasco has been regarding the flaws in human character, such as willful denial, and irrational reactions masked as virtue.
I understand.. Narcissism exists on a range. Consequently, I wouldn't necessarily label someone a narcissist for the occasional insensitivity. However, when the entitled, dysregulated & callous behaviors are persistent and pervasive, then you are dealing with something more intransigent and malignant.
So whether the person exhibited narcissistic personality traits before Covid or not, and regardless of the reason for their more aggressive stance now, the narcissist label fits when someone dismisses vaccine injuries deaths with 'many more have or would have died without the vaccine' in order to justify measures that coerce vaccination or punish the non-compliant.
The analogy with the "my body, my choice" argument for pro-choice is valid. It is also part of the UNESCO stance on medical consent.
”Any preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic medical intervention is only to be carried out with the prior, free and informed consent of the person concerned, based on adequate information. The consent should, where appropriate, be express and may be withdrawn by the person concerned at any time and for any reason without disadvantage or prejudice.” - UNESCO on Medical Consent in Bioethics and Human Rights, Article 6 (2005)
”The interests and welfare of the individual should have priority over the sole interest of science or society.” - UNESCO documents on Medical Consent in Bioethics and Human Rights, Article 3 (2005)
“In no case should a collective community agreement or the consent of a community leader or other authority substitute for an individual’s informed consent.” - UNESCO documents on Medical Consent in Bioethics and Human Rights, Article 6, Section 3 (2005)
Yes, it is a pseudo ethic used by all totalitarian regimes to convince the masses that it is their duty to self sacrifice for the state. In order to survive we have not evolved to that level of altruism. Those who claim they are taking the experimental injection for the sake of others, in my view are deceiving themselves, and participating due to the fear of death (physically or socially) induced by the media. The destructive selfishness comes in I think, by refusing to consider another point of view, or to make an effort to question more deeply, and based on that refusal, the other is made a scapegoat, coerced, punished, held in contempt etc....
Yes. Just received an email invitation for a luncheon meeting that begins by asking people not to attend if they are not fully vaccinated and ends by saying masks must be worn except while eating. It also requires a negative test within the previous 24 hours.
All so that people can remain "safe and comfortable" while enjoying a social event with community-building as a goal.
They are as ignorant as the leadership in the Jim Crow South who brought in experts to explain the white man's superiority.
Agreed!
This is gold. Thanks.