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A thought exercise

 I think it would be a really good idea if when things happen let's say things happen in the news it's some kind of event and it gets reported and immediately everybody starts weighing in on it. What if we didn't weigh in on everything as if it was our responsibility or duty to do so? What if every time we heard something the first thing that we did was stop listen gather all the necessary information and pertinent facts and then ask ourselves is this my concern. And we should ask ourselves is it necessary is my input warranted is my input wanted did the person who this actually concerned ask for or need my assistance or my support? And if the answer is no then why can't we just say nothing because say nothing can actually be more productive than saying something.

And another thing I think that we need to get out of our heads this notion that we have some kind of a duty to inform or make other people aware things. Because so often we don't even know what we're talking about yet we've heard a little bit here a little bit there we've heard some other people talking about something on the internet and all of a sudden we think we're some kind of an expert. And then the next thing we know we're just talking we're running our mouths we're adding to the atmosphere and oftentimes even adding to misinformation before we even know it. We're adding to what's really come down to pollution we have pollution just hanging in the air of half truths misinformation bits and pieces of garbage that do nothing but confuse everyone. And I think we especially shouldn't be talking if what we're talking about is something amorphous. By that I mean something that we ourselves can't even qualify or quantify or point out do you know what I mean. Let's take this cabal you talk about, for instance. Who's the head of it? Who all is involved? How do you know? How, when, and where do they organize? Where are the children? How have you traced specific trafficked children back to these individuals as opposed to, say, a bunch of unorganized pervs you can't put a name to operating on the dark web? How do you explain the lack of desirability of the world that would result if they had their way? How do you personally know there is ritualistic abuse going on? If you don't know, why do you talk about it as if you do? Why is going down these rabbit holes important to you? Why is the result of doing so, winding up where you are, a more desirable outcome than you being with your wife and kids? If it's not, can we agree that you got inover your head and were careless and did this for reasons other than your concern for innocent kids? Because your own kids are innocent, yet, you're not doing your ACTUAL duty of providing for and protecting them. How do you square that? Help me understand how it's not all misguided folly and ego service.

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