I'm sorry to hear about your Dad going through this. No one needs to be telling anyone "I told you so" with smug satisfaction. They really need to clean out their own closets first, so to speak. I see what you see. People picking sides, thinking they know all, on each side of the equation. No matter which "side", it's still a "side" and all the same game, the duality game. The freethinkers are on repeat mode, no different than the other side. I've also heard far too many hateful things from that side that equal the other side. It's insanity no matter where I look.
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"I told you so," based on an assumption. An assumption based on rumor. A rumor based on beliefs tied to a set of rules to play by when communicating. Rules unknown to the player on the field yet followed as if they had been programmed in. Programming nearly all in the midst claim only exists on the other side but not theirs. A side they fear to the point of anger and hatred. The confusion comes standard. Everyone is an expert except for the experts. Can't trust anyone unless they agree. Questions are insults. Outsiders are automatic idiots. Obsessing is considered normal. Nobody can walk away from their position without fear of loss.
Seems like a cult.
Assumption, yes. Beliefs lock oneself into box thinking, where anything outside of that box is perceived as a threat. Programming, very much so, right from the beginning.
Expert is best applied in terms of the individual becoming an expert on who they really are. Self-knowledge. Self-awareness. Self-responsibility. Choosing to pay attention to what one is thinking, saying, and doing in the moment. Choosing to select a different path than the "pre-programmed" path. We all have programming that needs to be broken.
Trust is mutable. It does not stay consistently the same, irregardless of the person and/or situation. Listening to one's inner guide, being attuned that way, will light the path as to whom and what to trust. It is discernment of the kind that cuts through external illusions.
Questions have always been an insult. We aren't supposed to ask questions. I recall being told all my life I ask too many questions. Others can perceive questions whatever way they choose, I will still ask questions.
Outsiders are labelled everything under the sun, even the word "outsider" implies an individual to be rejected. The obsessing is evidence of illness, imo.
Fear of loss....we will all lose everything external, including the body when we die. We constantly gain and lose many people and things throughout life. Everything about this world is temporary. People identify too much with the external world, in whatever way, as being their "true self". The thought of losing that is a fundamental fear that must be faced to be overcome, as is the case with fear of anything.
Obsessing and the chanting of catchphrases. That's usually enough of a 'red flag' for me to know to keep my distance. "No justice, no peace" and "plandemic" for instance and in relation to current/recent social justice movements. There's a long list of examples of obsessiveness and chanting. Not one cult member ever knew they were in a cult.
This is very revealing behaviour and most definitely a red flag. You're quite right, cult members are unaware that they are part of a cult.
I'm not a believer in this "social justice" movement, from the first I heard of it several years back and thought, "What is that exactly?".
I think it's another catchphrase, which is why I used italics. As I'm studying/observing, removing/dismantling the layers or 'sides' these groups depend on, viewing them as one; same tactics are used in every case. Boiled down, every time, it's 'good vs evil'. Every single cult, ever, requires that element. Another red flag is the complete absence of self-criticism in relation to and within the groups. They often present themselves as the ones questioning an authority, as if speaking to 'the other side' as a warning, yet the message, by design, stays within the walls, creating the illusion of heroes to look up to.
I agree, it is another catchphrase. Everything you've said here is right on point. I've been observing the same things and keeping my distance accordingly.
People have been quiet about these issues. I feel confident majority of the population isn't involved; stays out of it. When a camera points and focuses on a crowd, that thing looks huge. I picked up on something odd yesterday while watching the Riders play. Sizeable crowd. Crowd shots focused on people wearing masks but most weren't covered. So that was a bit odd, but they didn't completely leave out the reality. And I don't know if you watch sports but it was really strange to see politics applied to sports this past year and a bit. Every little market is becoming infected. Are they simply following trends in order to appease and maintain their audience... or what? It's so eerie sometimes.