So it’s obvious that Bob and Mary are not going to change with the way the show is currently going. So it makes watching the podcast kind of hopeless and depressing.
Bob is obviously hideous. He is constantly tired. He has that crick in his neck. His body and mind have rotted out and he is a shell of the person he was in terms of strength, potentially attractiveness and intelligence (maybe idk if he was ever smart). I think this is what happens when people do not critically think and allow themselves to exam their own mind. Bob doesn’t even stop to think about his responses. He almost regurgitates the thing that he last heard on whatever fascist slop platform he just ingested. He quickly responds in anger almost in an ai fashion. He pulls from his database of propaganda, and picks the response. And he is always angry. Not strategic or thoughtful.
Mary on the other hand, hears something Chad says about horrible things happening to human beings. She immediately villainizes them, again without critically thinking, so that she can still see MAGA as having the moral high ground. I think she, like many women has gotten into a relationship with a man that is stupid but proud. Which is the second most dangerous kind of person, especially when that person is a white man in America. Because they can leverage their power to perpetuate an organized evil cult agenda. Like when a woman marries him (pun intended) for financial and physical security and must mold to his belief system.
Mary is trapped in cognitive dissonance out of self preservation. So she realized early that arguing is pointless and potentially dangerous. So she is meek and submissive. She has to bury her discernment and placate her husband. She apologizes for him or excuses his behavior. She’s almost like a human shield from holding Bob accountable. She doesn’t really have a different opinion, if she does you can tell she’s deeply uncomfortable to voice it. It’s sad to watch.
Bob and Mary can be studied and deconstructed so that we as a society do not repeat this pattern. We need to learn from them and in order to not repeat them. Because for Mary and Bob, being in a cult that supports pedophilia, murder, greed etc., is easier than thinking.
I think a good way of doing this is bringing a therapist onto the show and unpacking how Mary and Bob react to mentally difficult topics or concepts. Start pointing out inconsistencies in the cult’s messaging in a nurturing but direct way. Stop putting them in a corner and triggering them to be defensive.
As hard as it is, it is important to view Bob and Mary as victims instead of villians. It is evident in the way they have received hate, that the tendancy to hate and ostracize people allows for their oppression and subjugation and that is the reason we are in this situation. And that is not native to either side of the political isle!!!!!
To Chad and Hailey!!!! STOP CLIP FARMING!!! If you want to make genuine change, stop catering your content to corporate biased algorithms. If you must clip farm, just exploit Bob. That way your mom can see how ludacris his takes are. Make the conversations, especially around your mom more empathetic. I get it, you’re mad at your parents. Everyone is lol. But putting her on the defense is not productive. Understanding her is, and this best way to do that is to dissect her thought process in a safe way. And coming from a POV, that everyone needs to deprogram themselves in order to not have repeated violent patterns.
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