If you're concerned about your reputation being right with family and friends at this point, the blue pill might be a better choice for you.
These Things We Do, That Others May Live. gab.com/@Borescoped
Still call my folks about every other weekend, but always just small talk. They don't want me going off again about all of this, which is fine. I believe what I believe, they believe what they believe. Saddens me to see them that way, but they are very old and don't want to think objectively, they want to just believe what they see on TV, it is comfortable for them that way. One day, they will see that I was right, hopefully.
Even if we don't agree with our family members on the red/blue, we are still family, and everyone would do well to remember that. I get the temptation to write them off, but unless they have done it to you first, I wouldn't recommend crossing that bridge first. That's the beauty of free will, you don't all have to think alike.
Nicely said. My folks are the same way. The elderly definitely find comfort in their cognitive dissonance. Eventually, when the TV tells them otherwise, they'll come around.
