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Todd Hayen, PhD, RP's avatar

I think I came on pretty strong with this article. And I have rewritten parts of it for clarity based on some of your wonderful and insightful comments.

I have thought a lot about this over the past few days and unfortunately I still do believe the intention of the agenda is to make all of us as cowardly as possible, and I think they are succeeding. If anyone is NOT succumbing to the agenda's course to cowardice, it would be my readers here on ShrewViews. We are braver, just by our nature, than the average bear.

I still stand by my observation that modern medicine is designed to make us cowards, and even that the whole work exodus is designed to beat us down into submission. Both of these things, but especially the "work at home" explosion, are presented as very appealing Trojan Horses...but ultimately they are designed to denigrate and tear at the fabric of humanity. Big words I know, and of course, I could be totally batshit crazy, and paranoid, and nothing I said may have any validity at all!!

And, this is important, I personally am TOTALLY guilty of slipping into cowardice. I am a BIG coward...and really didn't know it until now. I am watching the popular series "1883" and realize I do not have one speck the bravery those people that trekked along the Oregon Trail to their promise land in the 1800's did....not one speck. Those people were not cowards.

I fall into all the classes of "cowardice" that I describe in this article. I am terrified to avoid the doctor, believing that if I do, I will surely be ravaged by disease I have no control over, and drop dead as a result. The culture teaches us that when we reach a certain age we have to believe we are living on borrowed time and to maintain our health we much see the doctor frequently. I set myself up for this by not eating well and not exercising (another thing working at home will do to you).

I love the idea of working at home as well, and one day, when I move into a more "retirement paradigm" I will probably see all my clients on Zoom...which I absolutely abhor. I am a chicken, a coward...so I certainly am including myself in this description. I am working on becoming braver, and I think my putting my practice at risk working against the grain of the "state" with my writing, and working against the grain of my relationship (my wife is a sheep) is pretty brave...but it isn't enough...not nearly enough.

Since starting this substack I have seen real bravery in my readers. I have been astounded by how brave some of you have been through all of this. Living off the grid, making a fine life for yourselves without the dependency on technology and the "state"...being defiant and non compliant...amazing bravery. I can only wish I live up to that bravery one day.

So I am sorry if I ruffled any feathers with this article. Some of the comments really did make me rethink a lot of it, and in my angry exuberance I believe I got a few things wrong. So thank you for helping me see that.

Live long and prosper....much love...Dr. Shrew

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Candy's avatar

I’ve started telling people, “I’m not afraid of catching anything from you. I no longer believe in germs”

They’re not sure whether to be glad I’m not afraid, or to be afraid of ME because I’ve lost my mind

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