• Dandroid@dandroid.app
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    1 year ago

    Everyone is different, so I don’t think we can lump everyone together and say “all people do X”. Sometimes people grow. Sometimes new life experiences change our outlook on life.

    For me personally, I had some opinions based on hate, but as I made friends with people that I “hated”, I started to realize that I couldn’t be more wrong about them. For me, I was brainwashed by people that claimed to be religious leaders, but didn’t practice anything near what said religion claimed to be about. It’s not an excuse, and I should have known better. But I can’t change the past. I can only try to be better.

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      1 year ago

      To your credit, you eventually figured it out and grew. Cult leader brainwashing is a powerful thing and often occurs in an echo chamber so you shouldn’t blame yourself for not being able to see through it sooner.