There are many explanations for this. Denial and bargaining against the reality is their psychological defense mechanisms to protect themselves from whatever their brain finds necessary for their survival. Others could be delusional and completely detached from reality. Or, they’re minimizing things
As a means of avoidance bc minimizing is more palatable and acceptable to the status quo. If they outright admit their support for this regime, they know the risks are far greater than the benefits. If you read between the lines, you’ll see their true colors. It’s infuriating & invalidating…
Like you said it's a lazy person's defense mechanic. It's doing "something" without doing anything at all but just ignoring your fat basketball sized tumor on your neck. Just ignore it. It will be fine
It's not "lazy person's defense mechanic", it's a trauma response. 🤷 I was a teen during the last decade of Apartheid, & it took the trauma experienced by my teens during COVID, to recognise the dissociation, & denial of reality that I & others around me used to survive. 🤷
If you have no agency to make change (Living somewhere that is a very "Red" state or just trying to survive on a minimal income), dissociation is a survival response. 🤷
I never said this. If you have a brain, you have defense mechanisms. These defense mechanisms are not unique to humans. They serve a purpose and are critical to survival. I never said anything about a basketball sized tumor on mine or anyone else’s neck, either.
I will never know why or how you came to summarize my post in such a peculiar manner but that is your stuff to figure out. Not me.
And the blatant disregard for humanity is gut wrenching. But, are the mental gymnastics worth your time and energy? In my experience as an over-reactor, it is not. I’ve read On Tyranny and am currently reading the shock doctrine to gain knowledge about what I can do to fight for democracy & learn
How to resist the proverbial electroshock therapy that seeks to regress, destroy, divide, and eliminate opposition or force opposition into submission until they no longer have a voice. This is what the regime is trying to do but fuvk them. My perpetual overreactions are my lifeline bc I’m not
Going to stop fighting for democracy, freedom, liberty, and rights. Anyone who doesn’t like this can kick rocks.