Have you seen dis? From a French General. C’est formidable! Roll in it!
“Even if I were fully vaccinated, I would admire the unvaccinated for standing up to the greatest pressure I have ever seen, including from spouses, parents, children, friends, colleagues, and doctors.
People who have been capable of such personality, courage, and such critical ability undoubtedly embody the best of humanity.
They are found everywhere, in all ages, levels of education, countries, and opinions.
They are of a particular kind; these are the soldiers that any army of light wishes to have in its ranks.
They are the parents that every child wishes to have and the children that every parent dreams of having.
They are beings above the average of their societies; they are the essence of the peoples who have built all cultures and conquered horizons.
They are there, by your side, they seem normal, but they are superheroes.
They did what others could not do; they were the tree that withstood the hurricane of insults, discrimination, and social exclusion.
And they did it because they thought they were alone and believed they were alone.
Excluded from their families’ Christmas tables, they have never seen anything so cruel. They lost their jobs, let their careers sink, and had no more money… but they didn’t care. They suffered immeasurable discrimination, denunciations, betrayals, and humiliation… but they continued.
Never before in humanity has there been such a casting; we now know who the resisters are on planet Earth. Women, men, old, young, rich, poor, of all races and all religions, the unvaccinated, the chosen ones of the invisible ark, the only ones who managed to resist when everything fell apart. Collapsed.
You’ve passed an unimaginable test that many of the toughest marines, commandos, green berets, astronauts, and geniuses couldn’t pass.
You are made of the stuff of the greatest that ever lived, those heroes born among ordinary men who shine in the dark.”
—French General Christian Blanchon
We're not heroes we just couldn't do anything else. It's in our DNA. We've always not been part of the herd. We disagree because it is what we have always done. We don't like being different (in my case I've been called contrary and awkward) we carry on because we have this heightened sense of justice and fair play. You know something maybe one day the herd will recognise the contribution of people like us, personally I believe that slap on the back will turn into a slap around the head when we fall out of favour. Every one can keep their accolades it's enough to know that we are doing what we think right.
My sisters and I were required to be modest as we grew up. At one point in the government school experience I learned that the required physical ed class also "required" that all girls had to get naked and shower together, naked, in a group shower room. My father told me I was not to comply. I knew I dared not comply, or else. When the time came for the group naked shower I (about 12 years old) did not shower. The dykie 50-year-old teacher accosted me, asking why I did not get undressed and shower. I told her my father told me I could not. This resulted in the Principal coming to our door to intimidate us. He told my father my refusal would be on the agenda at the next school board meeting. Then I was told if I did not comply I would be kicked out of school. (I was a top student with IQ in the 130s who would go to college on scholarships, according to the Superintendent) And I did end up receiving a four-year scholarship to a well-known art school. But I was being kicked out of school because I refused to get naked for a group shower at school. My father told me to continue to refuse, which I did, and he called my mom's Ob Gyn asking her to write a letter to the school excusing me from showering at school due to respiratory problems. The teacher continued to harass me but the admin. shut up about it. That was one of my first tests at being brave when attacked by Big Brother. There were others. Even today. It was not east to stand up to the public school bullies but it was a good lesson.