Really great article.I have college pals ( we are all in our 70’s) that STILL test for Covid, get the shots, don a mask if they sneeze. They will never ever see the light, or admit that anything doing with the way our country handled covid was wrong. It still makes my blood boil when I think of toddlers masking and all the other stupid things we were forced to endure. And it makes my blood boil that NO ONE has been held accountable.
I work at an organization that STILL offers on-site COVID testing, officially still requires people to report positive test results, and nominally still performs contact tracing. And some of my colleagues still perform this nonsense and wear masks in the office. Unreal.
I lost many friends during Covid, many shunned me for speaking out against lockdowns, masks and the denial of even the efficacy of Vitamin D and fresh air. I deleted Facebook entirely, as my timeline had become inundated with obvious fearmongering posts and attacks from ‘friends’.
I am not interested in getting back on that platform, as Whitney Webb exposed its CIA links, but mostly because it’s an echo chamber.
The looks on the street, beach, hikes and elsewhere will be forever burned into memory that most people no longer feel committed to freedom, not of speech, press or association, nor do they even seem to understand what it is.
They view people who refuse oppression as dangerous dissidents, who should be held down and injected with dangerous drugs to protect themselves.
>>"They view people who refuse oppression as dangerous dissidents"
No. They viewed people who refused to mask/lockdown/vaccinate et al, as VIOLATORS of their rights. And virtually NO one made arguments to the contrary. They STILL don't (not even our author here). Instead, the opposing argument was always 'some rights have to be compromised for the sake of other rights'. In other words, while they made the argument 'You're murdering grandma!', the 'best' response the opponents could come up with was 'Well, you're hurting kids (or the economy, or mental health, etc)' In other words, these opponents argued that the benefit of the kids, the economy, mental health, etc *required* the murder of SOME grandmas.' They literally declared there had to be a "balance" between the economy et al and murder!
That *was* and still *is* the problem with EVERYONE'S response to covid. NO one understand the fact that, just as there is NO justification for rap e, there is NO justification for violating ANYONE'S rights. Not for "science" or the "economy" or anything else.
Put simply, the problem with the response to covid is the problem with so-called "second hand smoke" and the government's VIOLATION of everyone's rights (both the smokers AND the non-smokers). One side declares that smokers VIOLATE everyone else's rights and must be stopped. The other side declares that the rights of smokers are being VIOLATED and demand special places for them to smoke (while agreeing with the prohibition of smoking by the State everywhere else) - ie they are demanding there be a "balance" between the violation of the smokers' rights and the violation of the non-smokers' rights.
Of course, essentially EVERYONE rejects the idea of the individual accepting or rejecting the risk of smoke exposure for HIMSELF. NO one, for instance, argues that a grocery store has the RIGHT to allow its visitors to smoke. NO one argues that IF a person doesn't want to take the RISK of being exposed to that smoke, that person is FREE to exercise their RIGHT to NOT associate with that business. NO one argues that there is NO conflict between rights between the smoke allowing grocery store owner and the customer who wishes NOT to be exposed to smoke.
NO one argues for the EXERCISE of these individuals' property rights and free association rights, because EVERYONE feels they have a RIGHT to go to the grocery store. They feel the grocery store is THEIR property, to be disposed of as THEY see fit, to satisfy THEIR desires. That is WHY they call so MANY private businesses "public". THEY - and thus the government - feels the CHATTEL who run the "public's" grocery store have NO right to 'threaten' the 'customer OWNERS' of that grocery store with smoke. And so those 'customer OWNERS' get the State to FORCE their demands upon their CHATTEL who manage THEIR property. They get the State to FORBID smoking in all grocery stores so as to prevent everyone from being 'murdered' by the smoke.
That is STILL the principle EVERYONE preaches and practices to this very day. It is controversial to NO ONE.
And THAT is the principle EVERYONE preached and practiced during Covid. Even the 'opposition' tried (and in some cases succeeded) in demanding that the State forbid grocery stores from requiring masking, distancing, vaccinating, etc. In other words, EVERYONE treated the grocery stores as THEIR property, and simply squabbled over the 'best' way to dispose of THEIR property.
To this day, NO one is demanding EVERYONE exercise their OWN right to accept or reject risks as THEY see fit in regard to their OWN lives and their OWN effort - not in regard to smoking OR to in regard to covid (aka to FUTURE pandemics).
Put simply, BOTH the Left and the Right *feel* they are DEFENDING rights, when in fact BOTH are advocates for the VIOLATION of rights. And that's because NO one - on ANY side of ANY aisle - "understands" rights. Or, worse, they DO "understand" rights, but WISH to be able to VIOLATE them when they don't LIKE how others EXERCISE their rights.
I have seen too many on both the Left AND the Right *righteously* identify THAT as the reason they treat the individual as THEIR PROPERTY. They WANT to be able to get what they WISH. They do NOT want pesky laws to get in their way - ESPECIALLY when it comes to things they WANT which they consider to be 'life saving' (such as food from a grocery store).
Until people not only "understand" rights - but until people accept them as SACROSANCT, regardless of their personal DESIRES (even if they claim those DESIRES can be rationalized by "science") - the world will continue to have NO one advocating for the individual's rights. Instead, we will continue to get NOTHING but people squabbling amongst themselves over the 'best' way to dispose of each and every human being's life and effort - ie squabbling over the 'best' way to dispose of their human CHATTEL.
(EDIT: See the posts in the comment section here by "Jack McCord" where he talks about using smoke bombs - and WORSE! - if a Chipotle ever mask mandates in the future, all because he FEELS he is "entitled" to a "mask free" restaurant. He FEELS that restaurant is HIS PROPERTY. Put simply, JMC FEELS he has the 'right' to treat the lives and effort of other human beings as his CHATTEL - to FORCE them to associate with HIM as HE sees fit, regardless of their CONSENT, all to satisfy HIS desires. JMC is the sad PROOF of *everything* I just wrote:: https://jennifersey.substack.com/p/the-5-year-anniversary-of-lockdowns/comment/100803183 )
THAT is what virtually EVERYONE - Left, Right, and otherwise - continues to do to this very day.
Thus there will CONTINUE to be those "looks" now and into the future - as there were from most on the Left during Covid against those who did NOT mask et al back then, just as there are from many on the Right today in regard to those who DO mask et al today (see our author calling them "unhinged" for proof of this fact).
You seem to have fully missed the logical *requirement* of providing an argument and evidence in order to *rationally* make such an assertion. In other words, yours is a totally EMPTY claim here. It is, as Newton himself observed, literally nothing.
>>"Violation of rights was one argument. Not the only one."
Again, MW here offers NO argument or evidence for his *new* EMPTY assertion here. In other words, MW offers NO other supposed arguments, let alone identify HOW they are supposedly related to the original claim that I was addressing:
>>"They view people who refuse oppression as dangerous dissidents, who should be held down and injected with dangerous drugs to protect themselves."
Put simply, MW is the only one who 'seems to have fully missed the ACTUAL arguments made here.'
>>"So is it a right to be able to send your kid to a public school?"
It is no more a right to have State schools than it is a right to have State churches. As the Constitution ABOLISHED State Religion, so too must State Education be ABOLISHED, for the exact *same* reason: the State has no right to DICTATE anyone's ideas, be those ideas religious *or* secular.
For what it is worth, this stranger thinks you were right. I was called a selfish, unintelligent, Trump supporter by my vaxed to the max large family. Then I was denied the ability to see my dying Mother by my own family. Yep. All that messes with my head way too much. I am still angry and I doubt many of them have connected the covid dots yet to have figured out what was the truth.
I think if we all stand, in our own way. Whether home schooling, talking to the person next to us in line, giving speeches, whatever, it helps to turn the tide a bit. Then know at the end of the day you did what you could do.
Life's journey can be interesting (and certainly frustrating) at times. As an early (not as early as some) dissenter and skeptic I have met some fellow travelers and have been encouraged by how many in my extended family are down for the struggle. We have been disappointed with our friends at times, especially our church friends. I have been able to have conversations with others of late who hold a similar mindset, which in Central Covidistan (Washington State) is surprising. I think more are waking up to what was done to society and us. We will see if that amounts to a better organized resistance next time. Given the success of the last one you know there will be another along in a minute. I hope that DJT and DOGE can dismantle enough of the machine to significantly impact the abilities of the g'ment to run this play again, or worse. Keep up the fight, keep praying, keep talking, keep loving.
Same same same same same. I will never EVER forget what they did. My daughter who was a senior in high school had her love, life, friends and experiences ripped from her against our will. Her 18th birthday was spent in chalk circles outside. I picked her up from school in early March 2020 excited for spring break and she never set foot in her school of 10 years again. She spent freshman year of college in fear and total isolation, exiting with debilitating tik tok syndrome. No human touch for months at a time. Then hospitalization and the medical fraud of heavily medicating an 18 year old and then the suicide attempt 3 months later and on an on and now she thinks she is a boy. It gets worse from there. NEVER. EVER. FORGET. Hell on earth.
So heartbreaking…and I am just reading it. The young have been slaughtered in the altar of social media! Prayers offered for all the victims of this scamdemic.
That was the worst! Walking around my neighborhood seeing those signs I realized... I am not wanted here. Thankfully, I was working from home and dealing with a family health crisis, so I didn't have much contact with people. I don't think I could have taken being rejected like that to my face. The sad part is... I don't even know how many of my neighbors agreed with it. We thankfully have good relationships with the neighbors. But I don't know what their thoughts were during that time because I rarely saw anyone. I don't want to know!
There's a bitterness to life now, at least in urban centers that are especially left-leaning. An awful lot of it is because you still can't be confident, when you go into a building, that you'll not be faced with a mask-wearing zombie, or several of them.
There is bitterness in some rural areas too, as a few wealthy people in certain positions out here tried to be cool and copy-cat the Dems in populated areas. I didn’t expect to find that that had happened out here, but it has! My boyfriend who drives truck was not even able to drive his truck through the reservations without being masked. He’s go hundreds of miles out of his way to avoid that level of retardation.
In Washington State the snowplow drivers had to get the jab or be fired. They work alone! The roads got rough as the staff was decimated because truckers tend to be an obstinate bunch and many quit or were fired. If only the rest had stood up! Same thing with cops and firefighters. First responder staff levels have not recovered. When they lifted the mandate they would only hire new people, not rehire those who had quit or were fired. Compliance is more important than saving lives or property to these evil jackbooted thugs.
I wish I was one of those bold / outgoing people who would have no problem doing a random survey of people and asking them, "Why are you still wearing a mask?" I genuinely would love to know their reasons!
Still masked in Boston area also: every day, outside, walking alone on a deserted sidewalk, in cars, in stores, from college students to old people. Very depressing.
The worst part is that it's just socially acceptable now. Pre Covid, if you saw someone like that, you'd assume 1) they were a medical patient or 2) there was something mentally wrong with them. It really is sad.
If only we could get going a huge information campaign stating the facts about masks/Covid, the way the propaganda of the time was running 24/7. You could not avoid the pro-mask/Covid fear/vax info even if you wanted to. But now that so many facts are out, few people are hearing about it unless they are in niche places online. That's the problem here.
Dear Jen: I for one admire one who sees injustice and wrong and has courage to speak out., particularly for those whom are the most vulnerable among us (children). That is you and as such you are one of the few who, if I had a team , I’d pick you to be on it . The strength of your character rises above. YOU WERE RIGHT!
I’ve been noting this infamous anniversary this week as well. I worked every day of “lockdowns”, in person with like-minded colleagues for whom I’m forever grateful. We worked long hours, keeping our little school on track so that students were spared deep learning losses. I would weep as I drove to work, stunned by the bare roads and knowing homes were full of children who were “locked down”, being raised in fear, and glued to screens. I am grateful for my husband, who thought critically and refused to go along with the insanity and fear. You don’t mention churches, but that’s another thing that impacted my family for months. I’m still angry. Was a rule follower. No longer.
Since the Covid lockdowns and restrictions ended I have maintained my boycott of all the restaurants that refused my wife and I entry. I will never enter any place that denied me entry again. Several of my former "friends" did the the same. Note the word former. Right or wrong I still attain some satisfaction seeing some of them still going under. On the bright side I saved considerable money through my boycott. Never forget and never forgive their cowardly actions.
They lost a lot of customers. I have yet to hear an apology from any company (please supply any examples if I am mistaken) nor have I heard of any voluntary amends. Some court cases have been won and damages awarded but those were not voluntary. And, of course, the actual guilty parties are not forced to pay but the institutions are which costs everyone.
Wow-I wish I had found you during Covid. My husband and I argued constantly about the necessity of the draconian measures. He thought I was overreacting and I was shocked that he couldn’t see what was happening and that it was all a lie. We were right. They were wrong. But people will hold on to ‘not being wrong’ even if it means sacrificing everything they love. It would be nice to be vindicated. I ultimately gained support to get elected to our BOE and change things-but it was brutal. I am sorry you had to go through all that. At the end of the day, we all have to live with what our legacy becomes. You should be proud. There was a reason all this happened-it exposed so much I didn’t even see. I now I can’t unsee it.
I wish the best and keep posting. The truth will out!
You're a hero in my eyes. I really don't admire a lot of people but you're one of them. You were willing to risk friends, family and career to stand up to the insanity that started 5 years ago. You remind me of my wife. You both have strong ethical beliefs that cannot be compromised, you are centered and very driven. You can't help it, it's just who you are and we're all better for it. There are others like Dr. Peter McCullough, Dr. Robert Malone, Rep. Ron Johnson, Dr. Pierre Khoury, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and many others that stood up against the vaccines and lockdowns and they all paid a very heavy price, not unlike you. They are all heroes and should be celebrated, again like you.
For me, I lost my job during the lockdowns, was unemployed for a year, have family members that don't speak to us anymore and we finally moved out of California. My only saving grace is I'm not on social media and never intend to be.
What I've learned is I don't trust any of our "institutions" anymore. I don't believe their narrative and I now believe we've been lied to and manipulated for a very long time. As you have pointed out, the young have been especially harmed by the lockdowns and the vaccines. No one knows what the long term effects are going to be of the lockdowns or the vaccines but, by all indications, it's not good. Heart problems, turbo cancers, neurological issues, social and learning disorders etc. and none of this is being addressed. Try going to the doctor and tell them you've been harmed by the Covid vaccines. They'll usher you out of their office as fast as they can and recommend you call a good psychiatrist because, of course, it's all in your head. We have a real crisis ahead of us that they will no longer be able to ignore. It will all come out, it will just take some time and the few that dared to stand up against the powers-that-be will be celebrated.
Please keep posting and reminding us never to forget. You are making a difference!
Adding to the list of heros: eleni papadopolis, Jon rappoport, Stefan lanka, andrew Kaufman, Tom Cowan, Mike stone, Alec zeck, Sam & Mark Bailey, Eric Coppolino, Denis rancourt, Kate sugak, Christine Massey, stefano scoglio, Mike Yeadon, and all others who have looked at “the science” and understand the great fraud known as “virology” upon which all the downstream lies are built.
Thank you for your comment, I share the sentiments.
I'm angry, too. I also lost many friends, was told all the same things. Many of those folks are still holding to the line that those who refused to vax/mask/distance were STILL wrong. I think I'm actually get angrier, the more time that passes. My kids suffered. But somehow, their suffering didn't (and still doesn't) matter.
Jennifer: Fellow GenX mom here (53). I felt EVERY word of what you wrote!
Covid/summer of love is what red pilled me. I too got off of FB (permanently) in May of 2020. I found the Hodge twins on YouTube and never looked back.
I too am still angry and I get more angry when people say oh it’s all over and you should just let it go. No!! Covid lockdowns ruined my fledgling career as a financial advisor. I completely turned my world upside down to start this new career path and then Covid killed it in a matter of two months.
It forever changed the path of my life and arguably has pushed back my age of retirement due to lost wages.
I’m sure you remember bill ackman on cnbc calling for total shutdown of society. He was the first I heard calling for such extreme policy. And he made a killing on shorts and options during that brief market selloff. I have to think he was in on the scam. And Interesting how Covid arrived just in time to save the banking system…all the new “pandemic relief” money that flooded the banks with new deposits, and that was the last I heard about reverse repos needed to prevent the banking system from freezing up.
One of my nonprofit clients is about to receive their second tranche of ERC funds (still! now! In 2025). Here’s what I don’t get. All their employees are remote, 100% work from home organization. How would those employees ever get “laid off” during Covid?!?
Edit: This organization is getting over $150k in funds!
Nice review. I would argue the the essence of the lockdowns was just the first peek behind the liberal curtain that is tied to everything from woke to yransoid lunacy. We should all be grateful that the curtain has been pulled back.
The VA really pushed the covid DeathVax on us veterans. The pressure was relentless. Emails, phone calls, letters in the mail, disapproving looks by VA employees for our refusal to take an experimental shot full of spike proteins, lipid nanoparticles, polyethylene glycol, and other toxic substances.
Many veterans were under the mistaken impression that they would lose their VA benefits if they refused to take the shots. No doubt some mini-Mengele VA employee who either implied or inferred such punishment.
And, if we were not wearing a mask, we would be denied entry and needed medical care. In what universe is that even humane? There were no exemptions for veterans with traumatic brain injury, PTSD, anxiety, depression, military sexual trauma. Mask up or you are not allowed medical care.
I am so sorry. The Covid era completely destroyed any level of trust I had in the medical profession. I was an average person. I wasn't "anti-medical establishment." Not at all. I knew they were just human beings. They make mistakes. I was all for getting a second and third opinion and doing your own research.
But the absolute cruelty of that time (under the guise of medical care and "compassion"!) ruined me. I can never trust them again.
Not when it's one that you have no choice but to rely upon for your life and health. I'm fortunate to have been generally healthy in life. Now, in my late 50s, I know that won't always be so. It was the worst possible time.
Really great article.I have college pals ( we are all in our 70’s) that STILL test for Covid, get the shots, don a mask if they sneeze. They will never ever see the light, or admit that anything doing with the way our country handled covid was wrong. It still makes my blood boil when I think of toddlers masking and all the other stupid things we were forced to endure. And it makes my blood boil that NO ONE has been held accountable.
I work at an organization that STILL offers on-site COVID testing, officially still requires people to report positive test results, and nominally still performs contact tracing. And some of my colleagues still perform this nonsense and wear masks in the office. Unreal.
Anyone who would do all that you described must have some sort of ptsd…good night!!
I lost many friends during Covid, many shunned me for speaking out against lockdowns, masks and the denial of even the efficacy of Vitamin D and fresh air. I deleted Facebook entirely, as my timeline had become inundated with obvious fearmongering posts and attacks from ‘friends’.
I am not interested in getting back on that platform, as Whitney Webb exposed its CIA links, but mostly because it’s an echo chamber.
The looks on the street, beach, hikes and elsewhere will be forever burned into memory that most people no longer feel committed to freedom, not of speech, press or association, nor do they even seem to understand what it is.
They view people who refuse oppression as dangerous dissidents, who should be held down and injected with dangerous drugs to protect themselves.
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>>"They view people who refuse oppression as dangerous dissidents"
No. They viewed people who refused to mask/lockdown/vaccinate et al, as VIOLATORS of their rights. And virtually NO one made arguments to the contrary. They STILL don't (not even our author here). Instead, the opposing argument was always 'some rights have to be compromised for the sake of other rights'. In other words, while they made the argument 'You're murdering grandma!', the 'best' response the opponents could come up with was 'Well, you're hurting kids (or the economy, or mental health, etc)' In other words, these opponents argued that the benefit of the kids, the economy, mental health, etc *required* the murder of SOME grandmas.' They literally declared there had to be a "balance" between the economy et al and murder!
That *was* and still *is* the problem with EVERYONE'S response to covid. NO one understand the fact that, just as there is NO justification for rap e, there is NO justification for violating ANYONE'S rights. Not for "science" or the "economy" or anything else.
Put simply, the problem with the response to covid is the problem with so-called "second hand smoke" and the government's VIOLATION of everyone's rights (both the smokers AND the non-smokers). One side declares that smokers VIOLATE everyone else's rights and must be stopped. The other side declares that the rights of smokers are being VIOLATED and demand special places for them to smoke (while agreeing with the prohibition of smoking by the State everywhere else) - ie they are demanding there be a "balance" between the violation of the smokers' rights and the violation of the non-smokers' rights.
Of course, essentially EVERYONE rejects the idea of the individual accepting or rejecting the risk of smoke exposure for HIMSELF. NO one, for instance, argues that a grocery store has the RIGHT to allow its visitors to smoke. NO one argues that IF a person doesn't want to take the RISK of being exposed to that smoke, that person is FREE to exercise their RIGHT to NOT associate with that business. NO one argues that there is NO conflict between rights between the smoke allowing grocery store owner and the customer who wishes NOT to be exposed to smoke.
NO one argues for the EXERCISE of these individuals' property rights and free association rights, because EVERYONE feels they have a RIGHT to go to the grocery store. They feel the grocery store is THEIR property, to be disposed of as THEY see fit, to satisfy THEIR desires. That is WHY they call so MANY private businesses "public". THEY - and thus the government - feels the CHATTEL who run the "public's" grocery store have NO right to 'threaten' the 'customer OWNERS' of that grocery store with smoke. And so those 'customer OWNERS' get the State to FORCE their demands upon their CHATTEL who manage THEIR property. They get the State to FORBID smoking in all grocery stores so as to prevent everyone from being 'murdered' by the smoke.
That is STILL the principle EVERYONE preaches and practices to this very day. It is controversial to NO ONE.
And THAT is the principle EVERYONE preached and practiced during Covid. Even the 'opposition' tried (and in some cases succeeded) in demanding that the State forbid grocery stores from requiring masking, distancing, vaccinating, etc. In other words, EVERYONE treated the grocery stores as THEIR property, and simply squabbled over the 'best' way to dispose of THEIR property.
To this day, NO one is demanding EVERYONE exercise their OWN right to accept or reject risks as THEY see fit in regard to their OWN lives and their OWN effort - not in regard to smoking OR to in regard to covid (aka to FUTURE pandemics).
Put simply, BOTH the Left and the Right *feel* they are DEFENDING rights, when in fact BOTH are advocates for the VIOLATION of rights. And that's because NO one - on ANY side of ANY aisle - "understands" rights. Or, worse, they DO "understand" rights, but WISH to be able to VIOLATE them when they don't LIKE how others EXERCISE their rights.
I have seen too many on both the Left AND the Right *righteously* identify THAT as the reason they treat the individual as THEIR PROPERTY. They WANT to be able to get what they WISH. They do NOT want pesky laws to get in their way - ESPECIALLY when it comes to things they WANT which they consider to be 'life saving' (such as food from a grocery store).
Until people not only "understand" rights - but until people accept them as SACROSANCT, regardless of their personal DESIRES (even if they claim those DESIRES can be rationalized by "science") - the world will continue to have NO one advocating for the individual's rights. Instead, we will continue to get NOTHING but people squabbling amongst themselves over the 'best' way to dispose of each and every human being's life and effort - ie squabbling over the 'best' way to dispose of their human CHATTEL.
(EDIT: See the posts in the comment section here by "Jack McCord" where he talks about using smoke bombs - and WORSE! - if a Chipotle ever mask mandates in the future, all because he FEELS he is "entitled" to a "mask free" restaurant. He FEELS that restaurant is HIS PROPERTY. Put simply, JMC FEELS he has the 'right' to treat the lives and effort of other human beings as his CHATTEL - to FORCE them to associate with HIM as HE sees fit, regardless of their CONSENT, all to satisfy HIS desires. JMC is the sad PROOF of *everything* I just wrote:: https://jennifersey.substack.com/p/the-5-year-anniversary-of-lockdowns/comment/100803183 )
THAT is what virtually EVERYONE - Left, Right, and otherwise - continues to do to this very day.
Thus there will CONTINUE to be those "looks" now and into the future - as there were from most on the Left during Covid against those who did NOT mask et al back then, just as there are from many on the Right today in regard to those who DO mask et al today (see our author calling them "unhinged" for proof of this fact).
Well put! I agree whole-heartedly.
You seem to have missed the argument fully.
>>"You seem to have missed the argument fully."
You seem to have fully missed the logical *requirement* of providing an argument and evidence in order to *rationally* make such an assertion. In other words, yours is a totally EMPTY claim here. It is, as Newton himself observed, literally nothing.
Try again.
Violation of rights was one argument. Not the only one.
>>"Violation of rights was one argument. Not the only one."
Again, MW here offers NO argument or evidence for his *new* EMPTY assertion here. In other words, MW offers NO other supposed arguments, let alone identify HOW they are supposedly related to the original claim that I was addressing:
>>"They view people who refuse oppression as dangerous dissidents, who should be held down and injected with dangerous drugs to protect themselves."
Put simply, MW is the only one who 'seems to have fully missed the ACTUAL arguments made here.'
You’re too tiresome to waste my time writing detailed arguments.
So is it a right to be able to send your kid to a public school?
>>"So is it a right to be able to send your kid to a public school?"
It is no more a right to have State schools than it is a right to have State churches. As the Constitution ABOLISHED State Religion, so too must State Education be ABOLISHED, for the exact *same* reason: the State has no right to DICTATE anyone's ideas, be those ideas religious *or* secular.
For what it is worth, this stranger thinks you were right. I was called a selfish, unintelligent, Trump supporter by my vaxed to the max large family. Then I was denied the ability to see my dying Mother by my own family. Yep. All that messes with my head way too much. I am still angry and I doubt many of them have connected the covid dots yet to have figured out what was the truth.
I think if we all stand, in our own way. Whether home schooling, talking to the person next to us in line, giving speeches, whatever, it helps to turn the tide a bit. Then know at the end of the day you did what you could do.
Life's journey can be interesting (and certainly frustrating) at times. As an early (not as early as some) dissenter and skeptic I have met some fellow travelers and have been encouraged by how many in my extended family are down for the struggle. We have been disappointed with our friends at times, especially our church friends. I have been able to have conversations with others of late who hold a similar mindset, which in Central Covidistan (Washington State) is surprising. I think more are waking up to what was done to society and us. We will see if that amounts to a better organized resistance next time. Given the success of the last one you know there will be another along in a minute. I hope that DJT and DOGE can dismantle enough of the machine to significantly impact the abilities of the g'ment to run this play again, or worse. Keep up the fight, keep praying, keep talking, keep loving.
I seriously question how much Trump was involved, and I don't trust Musk with his Borg Neuro link crap.
I guess it could be worse. We could be a Christian in Syria right now. I guess Assad really was keeping everyone in their place.
Israel like chaos around it.
(((the enemies of humanity))) despise us all.
Same same same same same. I will never EVER forget what they did. My daughter who was a senior in high school had her love, life, friends and experiences ripped from her against our will. Her 18th birthday was spent in chalk circles outside. I picked her up from school in early March 2020 excited for spring break and she never set foot in her school of 10 years again. She spent freshman year of college in fear and total isolation, exiting with debilitating tik tok syndrome. No human touch for months at a time. Then hospitalization and the medical fraud of heavily medicating an 18 year old and then the suicide attempt 3 months later and on an on and now she thinks she is a boy. It gets worse from there. NEVER. EVER. FORGET. Hell on earth.
So heartbreaking…and I am just reading it. The young have been slaughtered in the altar of social media! Prayers offered for all the victims of this scamdemic.
So sad. I am not sure what is worse; that our government did this to us, or that they let the globalists do it to us.
Or what our neighbors did to us.
That was the worst! Walking around my neighborhood seeing those signs I realized... I am not wanted here. Thankfully, I was working from home and dealing with a family health crisis, so I didn't have much contact with people. I don't think I could have taken being rejected like that to my face. The sad part is... I don't even know how many of my neighbors agreed with it. We thankfully have good relationships with the neighbors. But I don't know what their thoughts were during that time because I rarely saw anyone. I don't want to know!
What can anyone possible say to you? I offer my prayers and love for you and your daughter.
There's a bitterness to life now, at least in urban centers that are especially left-leaning. An awful lot of it is because you still can't be confident, when you go into a building, that you'll not be faced with a mask-wearing zombie, or several of them.
There is bitterness in some rural areas too, as a few wealthy people in certain positions out here tried to be cool and copy-cat the Dems in populated areas. I didn’t expect to find that that had happened out here, but it has! My boyfriend who drives truck was not even able to drive his truck through the reservations without being masked. He’s go hundreds of miles out of his way to avoid that level of retardation.
In Washington State the snowplow drivers had to get the jab or be fired. They work alone! The roads got rough as the staff was decimated because truckers tend to be an obstinate bunch and many quit or were fired. If only the rest had stood up! Same thing with cops and firefighters. First responder staff levels have not recovered. When they lifted the mandate they would only hire new people, not rehire those who had quit or were fired. Compliance is more important than saving lives or property to these evil jackbooted thugs.
People are still masked in Chicago - even outside, alone. I see them every day. They never stopped.
At this point, it’s a mental illness.
I wish I was one of those bold / outgoing people who would have no problem doing a random survey of people and asking them, "Why are you still wearing a mask?" I genuinely would love to know their reasons!
Still masked in Boston area also: every day, outside, walking alone on a deserted sidewalk, in cars, in stores, from college students to old people. Very depressing.
The worst part is that it's just socially acceptable now. Pre Covid, if you saw someone like that, you'd assume 1) they were a medical patient or 2) there was something mentally wrong with them. It really is sad.
If only we could get going a huge information campaign stating the facts about masks/Covid, the way the propaganda of the time was running 24/7. You could not avoid the pro-mask/Covid fear/vax info even if you wanted to. But now that so many facts are out, few people are hearing about it unless they are in niche places online. That's the problem here.
Dear Jen: I for one admire one who sees injustice and wrong and has courage to speak out., particularly for those whom are the most vulnerable among us (children). That is you and as such you are one of the few who, if I had a team , I’d pick you to be on it . The strength of your character rises above. YOU WERE RIGHT!
I’ve been noting this infamous anniversary this week as well. I worked every day of “lockdowns”, in person with like-minded colleagues for whom I’m forever grateful. We worked long hours, keeping our little school on track so that students were spared deep learning losses. I would weep as I drove to work, stunned by the bare roads and knowing homes were full of children who were “locked down”, being raised in fear, and glued to screens. I am grateful for my husband, who thought critically and refused to go along with the insanity and fear. You don’t mention churches, but that’s another thing that impacted my family for months. I’m still angry. Was a rule follower. No longer.
Since the Covid lockdowns and restrictions ended I have maintained my boycott of all the restaurants that refused my wife and I entry. I will never enter any place that denied me entry again. Several of my former "friends" did the the same. Note the word former. Right or wrong I still attain some satisfaction seeing some of them still going under. On the bright side I saved considerable money through my boycott. Never forget and never forgive their cowardly actions.
I for one will never submit or comply.
All the sewn-on badges mysteriously disappeared from my carhartt gear when they announced employee mandates. You are not alone.
I still haven’t shopped at Carhartt and I won’t after what they did with employee mandates
They lost a lot of customers. I have yet to hear an apology from any company (please supply any examples if I am mistaken) nor have I heard of any voluntary amends. Some court cases have been won and damages awarded but those were not voluntary. And, of course, the actual guilty parties are not forced to pay but the institutions are which costs everyone.
Wow-I wish I had found you during Covid. My husband and I argued constantly about the necessity of the draconian measures. He thought I was overreacting and I was shocked that he couldn’t see what was happening and that it was all a lie. We were right. They were wrong. But people will hold on to ‘not being wrong’ even if it means sacrificing everything they love. It would be nice to be vindicated. I ultimately gained support to get elected to our BOE and change things-but it was brutal. I am sorry you had to go through all that. At the end of the day, we all have to live with what our legacy becomes. You should be proud. There was a reason all this happened-it exposed so much I didn’t even see. I now I can’t unsee it.
I wish the best and keep posting. The truth will out!
You're a hero in my eyes. I really don't admire a lot of people but you're one of them. You were willing to risk friends, family and career to stand up to the insanity that started 5 years ago. You remind me of my wife. You both have strong ethical beliefs that cannot be compromised, you are centered and very driven. You can't help it, it's just who you are and we're all better for it. There are others like Dr. Peter McCullough, Dr. Robert Malone, Rep. Ron Johnson, Dr. Pierre Khoury, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and many others that stood up against the vaccines and lockdowns and they all paid a very heavy price, not unlike you. They are all heroes and should be celebrated, again like you.
For me, I lost my job during the lockdowns, was unemployed for a year, have family members that don't speak to us anymore and we finally moved out of California. My only saving grace is I'm not on social media and never intend to be.
What I've learned is I don't trust any of our "institutions" anymore. I don't believe their narrative and I now believe we've been lied to and manipulated for a very long time. As you have pointed out, the young have been especially harmed by the lockdowns and the vaccines. No one knows what the long term effects are going to be of the lockdowns or the vaccines but, by all indications, it's not good. Heart problems, turbo cancers, neurological issues, social and learning disorders etc. and none of this is being addressed. Try going to the doctor and tell them you've been harmed by the Covid vaccines. They'll usher you out of their office as fast as they can and recommend you call a good psychiatrist because, of course, it's all in your head. We have a real crisis ahead of us that they will no longer be able to ignore. It will all come out, it will just take some time and the few that dared to stand up against the powers-that-be will be celebrated.
Please keep posting and reminding us never to forget. You are making a difference!
Adding to the list of heros: eleni papadopolis, Jon rappoport, Stefan lanka, andrew Kaufman, Tom Cowan, Mike stone, Alec zeck, Sam & Mark Bailey, Eric Coppolino, Denis rancourt, Kate sugak, Christine Massey, stefano scoglio, Mike Yeadon, and all others who have looked at “the science” and understand the great fraud known as “virology” upon which all the downstream lies are built.
Thank you for your comment, I share the sentiments.
Thank you, Jeff, appreciated,
Mike
You’ve earned every bit of your rage. I plan to hang onto mine until the right opportunity to unleash it. I can’t wait!
Exhibit A of the deep leftie derangement are the comments sections of the NYT and WaPo.
You are not kidding- every WaPo commenter believes Trump/DOGE is being done entirely to benefit Putin. How, they never explain.
It's magic!
I'm angry, too. I also lost many friends, was told all the same things. Many of those folks are still holding to the line that those who refused to vax/mask/distance were STILL wrong. I think I'm actually get angrier, the more time that passes. My kids suffered. But somehow, their suffering didn't (and still doesn't) matter.
Jennifer: Fellow GenX mom here (53). I felt EVERY word of what you wrote!
Covid/summer of love is what red pilled me. I too got off of FB (permanently) in May of 2020. I found the Hodge twins on YouTube and never looked back.
I too am still angry and I get more angry when people say oh it’s all over and you should just let it go. No!! Covid lockdowns ruined my fledgling career as a financial advisor. I completely turned my world upside down to start this new career path and then Covid killed it in a matter of two months.
It forever changed the path of my life and arguably has pushed back my age of retirement due to lost wages.
I’m sure you remember bill ackman on cnbc calling for total shutdown of society. He was the first I heard calling for such extreme policy. And he made a killing on shorts and options during that brief market selloff. I have to think he was in on the scam. And Interesting how Covid arrived just in time to save the banking system…all the new “pandemic relief” money that flooded the banks with new deposits, and that was the last I heard about reverse repos needed to prevent the banking system from freezing up.
Oh the money scam! Yikes!
One of my nonprofit clients is about to receive their second tranche of ERC funds (still! now! In 2025). Here’s what I don’t get. All their employees are remote, 100% work from home organization. How would those employees ever get “laid off” during Covid?!?
Edit: This organization is getting over $150k in funds!
Nice review. I would argue the the essence of the lockdowns was just the first peek behind the liberal curtain that is tied to everything from woke to yransoid lunacy. We should all be grateful that the curtain has been pulled back.
The VA really pushed the covid DeathVax on us veterans. The pressure was relentless. Emails, phone calls, letters in the mail, disapproving looks by VA employees for our refusal to take an experimental shot full of spike proteins, lipid nanoparticles, polyethylene glycol, and other toxic substances.
Many veterans were under the mistaken impression that they would lose their VA benefits if they refused to take the shots. No doubt some mini-Mengele VA employee who either implied or inferred such punishment.
And, if we were not wearing a mask, we would be denied entry and needed medical care. In what universe is that even humane? There were no exemptions for veterans with traumatic brain injury, PTSD, anxiety, depression, military sexual trauma. Mask up or you are not allowed medical care.
God help us.
I am still pissed.
I am so sorry. The Covid era completely destroyed any level of trust I had in the medical profession. I was an average person. I wasn't "anti-medical establishment." Not at all. I knew they were just human beings. They make mistakes. I was all for getting a second and third opinion and doing your own research.
But the absolute cruelty of that time (under the guise of medical care and "compassion"!) ruined me. I can never trust them again.
Loss of trust in an utterly corrupt institution is a major plus!
And Thank You Dr Yeadon for your brave participation in exposing the truth. You Sir are a hero.
Not when it's one that you have no choice but to rely upon for your life and health. I'm fortunate to have been generally healthy in life. Now, in my late 50s, I know that won't always be so. It was the worst possible time.