I encounter some of that based on where I currently live vs. where I'm from. I know many around me do not share our feelings and because of the kids and friendships and teams, I have to make sure to keep anything political far from our discussions. The inability to absorb historical facts along with believing bad info that's been proven to be false is what's really getting me. There's also a lot of rational, putting the pieces together sort of things of how this brainwashing all started and what prompted it, but many are too blinded to grasp a bit of it.
My paternal grandfather rarely talked about the war. I believe he started in Africa, was D+4 in Normandy, and eventually wound up in Belgium...where he saw the worst of his combat experiences. My maternal grandfather's experiences were a bit different. He spent a lot f time in France teaching hand to hand combat. He's also part of the Jewish side of my family, so the outrage over the Holocaust made him and other Jewish family members more likely to repeat the horror stories. I was raised Jewish because my mother is and that's just how they chose to do things. I was in Hebrew school (two days a week after school and Sunday mornings) from about age 3 or 4 until I was 13. The school I was in for the bulk of that time had several admins and educators who were Holocaust survivors. I distinctly remember the school principal's stories and seeing all of the tattoos. They also have some pretty horrific movies they'd show on an annual basis so we could see how gruesome it really was and understand a bit better why we can never allow anything like that to ever happen again. On top of it, I believe I was either in 6th or 7th grade when they got Elie Wiesel to come in to speak to us. It was a really big deal. NBC out of NYC came in to cover it, but it was just a bunch of school kids sitting down with this famous survivor/author and learning. On top of all of this, my maternal grandmother's brother was killed in action over Germany (although, he was listed as missing for decades), so they wanted to make sure we understood what was going on in this war and that he didn't die in vain. Sadly, it was after my great grandmother had passed (in the early 80s) when they were able to finally get confirmation of his death. Another uncle who was captured while serving in the Army was tortured, for being both a soldier and a Jew, but it was different for him because of the US soldier element. If memory serves correctly, he was held and beaten more for intel, but beaten a bit harder for "what" he was to them as a Jewish man. He wouldn't talk in great detail, but he was always this goofy and funny guy, until anything war related came up. We got just enough from him talking about it to get a pretty good picture of the horrors. Just very dark times I don't want to repeat.
Yoga I can do anytime but not anything that "makes noise" He's a light sleeper when I work out or get things done around the house but sleeps like a rock when it comes to yard work or helping with Can Can
