Why the key to winning an information war is to throw one’s weapons down.
“In his lively presentation, Dr Dubois’ really gets to the heart of a question so many of us have been asking for well over three years now: Why is it that people can’t see what’s really going on? Even when the facts are right in front of them, when the truth is laid bare, why do they dismiss it out of hand? And worse still, why, instead of rejecting the abuse that has been inflicted on humanity, do some people ask for more? More controls, more lockdowns, more testing, more mandates? He emphasizes that we have been engaged in a war where the battlefield is our hearts and minds. Dr Dubois explains that we are virtual animals, in that we use technology to engage with and understand each other and our world. By technology, he means language, tools, and symbols such as money, as well as the internet, computers, smartphones and so on. In this sense, we already live in a kind of virtual reality – and while this gives us tremendous capacity, it also makes us very vulnerable. The enemy knows precisely how to press our cognitive buttons – and does this exceptionally well. So well in fact, that they’ve worked out how to override our innate defence mechanisms and use them against us. In the face of such sophistication, what can we do? I know so many of us have attempted to reason with loved ones enslaved within this abusive relationship with authority. We have presented clear, evidenced information, talked softly, gently, or sometimes firmly and directly. Dr Dubois offers several solutions, but there’s one in particular I’d like to highlight here. It’s to do with stepping out of fear and back into love, and it’s breathtakingly simple. In essence, we put our arguments down, our piles and piles of citations and videos and blogs and podcasts. We set them aside, and we invite our loved one to go fishing with us, or cook a meal with us, or join us in the garden to get our hands in the soil. Or, we hold their hand, or, if they permit it, we quite simply, give them a warm and loving hug. Rather than attempt to play those in power at their own game, meeting their ideas and words with our own, let’s throw our information weapons down, climb over the parapet and play together. In the session, Mind Health Committee member Dr Anne O’Reilly references the famous story of WW1 soldiers playing football on Christmas Day. Many consider this to be an apocryphal story – a myth that never happened. But it did happen – and by many accounts, it began with singing.”
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