Walking back just now, I had the pandemic on my mind (you know, like you should). I got to thinking it's a good thing I'm moving within walking distance from my folks', in case they try the whole lockdown BS again. Here, you could only walk out for a limited distance during those hellish first two months, not to mention had to write down your trajectory and every stop on a slip note you'd present to the cops, if they stopped you. Why, or what authority that printed piece of paper gave, I've no clue, but that's how things were.
Anyway, I was thinking it's a good thing, since it'd be easy to get from one home to the other, in a similar crisis event.
And then it hit me that maybe, just maybe, the pandemic wasn't full bad.
I never would've dared stand up to cops before.
And why should I? Before 2020, I (like many) existed in that blissful belief that cops were authority figures that one should not mess with (even to an extent that they were around to obey the law).
But then, the pandemic hit, and we started seeing just how idiotic the police force truly was. That they were ready to harass, bully, and fine you for disobeying non-sensical mandates (not laws, mind). And in that situation, it's not only your right, but your duty to hit back (not physically, though). That when a cop was mindless enough to try and enforce mask mandates or these BS distance decrees, you had every right in the world to stand up to them, to say no, to challenge.
I remember watching a video of a local resistance figure arguing with the cops, and challenging them over where in the Constitution did it say they had the right to do this. In the end, the guy won, and even though I've come to reconsider my opinion of him in the meantime, I'll forever be grateful for that lesson.
During the long, agonizing months of the pandemic, I learned to walk without fear (as much as possible), and safe in the knowledge that if a cop did stop me for not wearing a mask, breaking curfew, or whatever else, I had to (a) remain calm, (b) speak up for my own rights. Because the cop, in many cases, didn't know so much of the Constitution in the first place, and secondly, really didn't care about my rights.
2020 Me says hi. Damn, I had long hair. And no, I'm just posing with the (new) mask for a friend. I think I wore it "properly" twice throughout the debacle.
You don't gotta succumb to bullies, was perhaps the most important and poignant lesson I took away from the pandemic years, and it's one I'll make damn sure I don't forget.
You can disagree with people without directing hate at them. I admit this one was a hard one, and one I still sometimes struggle with. It's very tempting to confuse the force of your personal opinions with how you feel about another person, but in the end, it is a destructive force that divides, and ruins our community.
The pandemic drove many families, friends, coworkers and even lovers to conflict and even nasty break-ups, divorce, and alienation. It was, I believe, one of the primary goals of the whole experiment. Yes, they wanted to see how easy we were to control (very). But also how easily we'd turn on our fellow man (also very).
So it takes active effort not to do that. To remember that, as much as possible, and even as you might argue against me, I must not hate you or hurt you. Because then, we both lose. And we all suffer.
Paradoxically, it also taught me to stand in my own opinions more firmly. Like most youths, I was fairly mellow. Much less so than some, yet in craving social acceptance, I was the sort who would back down, or keep my opinions hidden to avoid strife.
Not anymore. If anything, the pandemic taught me I could and should speak up for my own beliefs, and not compromise on my values. It taught me to be unflinching, and that true integrity comes from not hiding your opinions to be more likeable.
So while I learned to hold space even for those who held different opinions than my own, it also taught me to to respect above all what I believe in, and what makes me me, even though some people might not like me for it.
Finally, it's a good way to tell people apart. I'm sorry, but the opinions you held and the actions you took during the past three years say a lot about you. I know I probably shouldn't be judging others, but I do, on what they did, and how they held themselves. I'm particularly interested in how you treated others during the pandemic, so looking back through a person's pandemic behavior does tell me whether I want them in my life or not.
This post isn't to say the past three years weren't bad. They were disastrous on a level we haven't even begun to comprehend yet, in terms of population control and trauma, alone. It's more of a silver lining post, so take its content (and title!) with that in mind. :)
New Zealand leads the world for vaxtards and masktards - I don't really think things will ever go back to "normal" here - society is very divided and although it's still mainly hidden, our country is financially bankrupt. Another fake election next month, but after that I'm expecting things to rapidly go nuts. If they pull the lockdown bollocks again it will be all on this time, with no more "I have an exemption" playing their game - it will be a fight from the outset. I know it's not exactly evolved in terms of being zen, but this time round it will be aggro.
Fuck, I hope it doesn't happen again. Or rather, I know on some level it will, but I hope more of us will be ready. Last time was a sham. I'm tempted to say it's over and done with. Then again, I just saw a guy getting on the bus, installing one of those ludicrous face-tents over his beak, so...who the hell knows.
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I do too but to some extent here in Wellington it already is. Wellington is home of government in NZ and one of the worst places in the world for masktards. I see them every day, yesterday I stared at some numpty riding down the road on an electric bicycle wearing a face nappy while three clueless muppets walked down the footpath in their face tents (I like that term!)
Same in Canada, I don't think we will recover from the mind control and the defeatist mind states that we're fertilized by the governments neglect for human happiness.
Now I'm learning that we don't even have a government - it's been a corporation since 1986 - a possible weak spot for the globalists!
Same as Canada, its incorporated as well. Which is why I claim my sovereignty, I am not owned and I denounce my birth certificate as a strawman created for I who is the man they make claims against. I did not ever consent to the government giving me a ID or agree to the terms and conditions of citizenship, so why am I forced like a slave to obey without ever lawfully agreeing to the terms this corporation has set?
Did you manage to get off their electoral roll?
Next month the NZ Corporation will be changing it's name...
Hey lovely, I hear you. I feel like it made things a lot clearer for me, on many fronts. Be it with people and organisations etc.
It also made me more focused, got me together with others who felt the need to organise and now I know who has got my back and vice versa. Xxxx
I'm glad. It's like spitting in the face of the aggressor, isn't it? Not only did we survive, but we found a way to grow through what happened.
I've had the same experience, but not until I read this did I realize how important it is to not direct hate at the haters. Only by modeling kind civil disobedience will we be able to break the apparent spell the collaborators are under.
I have found the people who see me for who I am through all this. I have become less fearful to speak my mind - it has become extremely important to do so!
I mean, you can direct hate at them, but it's such a waste of time and drain on your energy. It's why I cut ties with all the negative voices I followed during the pandemic. It's like, I wasted enough of my time when this BS was happening. What am I gonna do now, waste another couple of years spewing hate? Fuck that.
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Hey buddy! Well said …I still struggle with sharing unpopular opinions, though I agree that the pandemic definitely put some pressure on that weak spot of mine, and at least helped push me towards a better way of living :)
Glad to see you’re still alive and kickin’!
The pandemic was very crazy and a lot of people lost bonds with their family members for a very long time but things are back to normal here and the pandemic did not stay for more that six months
That's not true for every country in the world, though. The pandemic pressure lasted for almost two years in Canada. It was unbearable at times.
You are right. It took so long for some countries to recover. I'm a Nigerian and we even had a very crazy protest in October 2020 for you to know that the lockdown period was very short. You can check the net
I certainly hope that if governments do try to pull this stuff again that the people will stand up collectively and say hell no.
Apart from the economic meltdown which a lot of us haven't even recovered from yet, and of course, the mental and emotional turmoil thousands of families were plunged into, I was mostly indoors and didn't see things like this.
But we learn from all the events that have happened in our lives and learning to stand up for yourself in a firm but not a hateful way should be the biggest lesson.
It's always wonderful to hear how the cabal's plans backfire and wake people up to their nonsense and empower them to stand up to the lies.
It happened with JFK, 9/11, Boston Bombing, and now the Rona scam.
Remember, from the earliest easily tracked cases in 2020 (the cruise ship), we already knew that this was NOT a pandemic (pandemic means affecting everyone, but more than 30% of people on the cruise already had antibodies that completely stopped the 2019 flu)