Thank you for sharing this! It gave me an unexpected compassion for those who don’t want to be confronted by the more sinister truths of our own history. Uncomfortable/new information can feel like a poison? Now I’m thinking through the meaningful difference between poisoned stories and poisoned histories and I’m feeling overwhelmed but grateful for your challenge!
"Poison" and "poisoning" are helpful words for me as I think of folks who backed (and continue to back) the Big Lie. Playing along with that lie is the price of admission in the circles that now drive the coup. They're accessing heady feelings when it comes to frightening and terrorizing people BUT it's still poison. They're poisoning themselves.
Four men who could have done something to stop this poisoning from ever happening. But didn't. But at least they got their money.
Thank you for sharing this! It gave me an unexpected compassion for those who don’t want to be confronted by the more sinister truths of our own history. Uncomfortable/new information can feel like a poison? Now I’m thinking through the meaningful difference between poisoned stories and poisoned histories and I’m feeling overwhelmed but grateful for your challenge!
"Poison" and "poisoning" are helpful words for me as I think of folks who backed (and continue to back) the Big Lie. Playing along with that lie is the price of admission in the circles that now drive the coup. They're accessing heady feelings when it comes to frightening and terrorizing people BUT it's still poison. They're poisoning themselves.