This is great advice Rachelle. I truly appreciate the constructive feedback. Giving in to the temptation of adding my two cents to the inane political rhetoric on this platform is so unsatisfying. Everyone puts on their armor picks up their teams flag and goes on the attack. I certainly haven’t been above that over the past week. And to what end? What I have been struggling with is whether and when to defend myself and my family against some of the more heinous accusations without being defensive. That’s been hard to figure out sometimes. The number of people/ bots/ trolls/ whatever that call me and my dad pedophiles, make claims of incest and treason and crimes against humanity is really staggering. All of it based on a wholly fabricated line of lies that they point to as truth. There is a a tactic that totalitarian regimes use called “eliminationist rhetoric.” The idea is that if you can get even a small percentage of a population to believe the absolute worst about someone (pedophile) then convincing a larger percentage of a lesser yet no more fact based crime is that much easier (bribery). Putin perfected what the Nazi’s invented on his rise to power.
When you are on the receiving end of it your first instinct is that it’s so ridiculous that of course you just ignore it. But instead of going away it festers and worms its way into people’s brains. It’s maddening.
It’s particularly maddening because it’s almost always projection on the part of this crew at least. The accusations of corruption and sex crimes and bribery. There is a mountain of actual facts that we all know about this regime and instead they play the grade school game of “I know you are, but what am I.” And the mainstream media just goes on with what they call “balanced” journalism. There is no balance between lies and truth. One should always weigh more than the other.
Nevertheless, thank you for the open advice. I received it I hope in the spirit it was given. I’ve only really been her for about a week and I’m trying to find the right mix that’s true to me, because I don’t have the luxury of being anything but me. Keeping letting me know when you thinking I’m not doing my best.