I had to break free from "blood is thicker than water" when I was about 10. My grandpa was chasing my mom around our truck with a shovel trying to brain her to death. Left big dents and gouges all over. I threw myself in his legs and tripped him to the ground.

I have no idea why some people are so evil. He did other things to me before all that happened. Yet all other people chose to see was what he presented himself as in public, notably as an elder in our church, oh the irony. It's like you wrote, normalcy bias is more powerful than proof positive of disturbing, uncomfortable things.

They should be teaching critical thinking and other things such as Latin Roots and The Classics in public school nowadays, just like they did when I attended public school growing up.

Instead they're brainwashing our kids to be good little proles and useful idiots. It's already been going on, and that is the base of our future.

It isn't looking good.