AVers continually engage in distorted thinking that leads to faulty conclusions and poor decisions. Their thinking is also highly biased by misinformation, conspiracy theories, and irrational beliefs, both political, social, and religious in nature. In a forum post, I stated that beliefs are not facts. The problem is that a vast majority of AVers confuse the two and are easily swayed by beliefs grossly lacking in supporting evidence.
We have all seen the extreme and bizarre reactions to crisis such as prayer warriors, organizing protest rallies, claims that hospitals are murdering Covid victims for profit, etc. ALL of these bizarre behaviors could have been circumvented with a simple vaccination shot. The irony of Cece's behavior is seen most strikingly when she has no hesitancy in having her horses vaccinated and trusts the veterinarians. But when it comes to the Covid vaccination, she calls it a sham and refuses to take it. Her decision cost her her life. How is that for irony? She is willing to protect her horses but not herself. She places greater value on her horses health than on her own. We can only shake our head in disbelief and wonder how and why she made such a reckless choice that prematurely ended her life.
Well, that's 2 in 2 days. What have I done to deserve these people? Maybe the heatwave is bringing them all out. Today it was an elderly man (80s or maybe 90s) who stopped me in the street to admire the dog, then started to complain about Covid restrictions (which Boris Johnson ended waaay too early IMHO). 'This is just flu, I'm a microbiologist, I know what I'm talking about...during WW2 we were being bombed in Birmingham and we just went about our daily lives.'
'You had blackout,' I said. 'The real lesson here is PREVENTION. Are you vaccinated against Covid?'
'Of course not.' He looked so frail I could have pushed him over.
I said, 'Well, good luck! You're going to need it.'
He then started telling me that all I needed was faith in Jesus, 'because he made everything.'
I said, 'In that case, he made all the horrible plagues in the world,' and walked off.
No fool like an old fool. Covid's going to have fun with him.
Feeling fed up as this morning I went walking my dog in a shady place (plus Dog was kitted out with a cool coat). The UK is suffering a heat wave at present. I had to find a shady table for Dog, so asked a bloke if I could share with him. Yes, he said. Older man, no hint of either of us hitting on the other, but it's a sociable place so we had a chat. Nice guy, I thought. Friendly.
Then he started on the conspiracy theories. 'They' are controlling the weather via chemtrails, Biden has dementia, 'they' are planning to turn America communist (I burst out laughing at the last one and said, 'Well, good luck with that'). He said I obviously hadn't heard about any of this. I said I'd heard all of these theories before - what I'd never heard was a single scrap of convincing evidence to support them. After a bit more talk we agreed to disagree.
This is what's got me down - he wasn't a monster, he was a friendly type, but he was also completely impenetrable to reason. Everything I said was supposedly because I was living in deep ignorance - he had a look of pity on his face at my belated mental condition. It just brought home to me, once more, the hopelessness of trying to connect with CTs. One consolation: he won't be voting.
What drives their decisions? They ain’t got no brain.
DEATH BY UNDERWEAR!
This is the most insightful response I read that seems to answer your question.
https://twitter.com/_EthanGrey/status/1534024500970459138?s=20&t=fvuVQgsGgGEoGR8yZRt9Yw
Cece spread misinformation. Who knows how many people died as a result of listening to her… I sort of value the horses more than her as well.
Literally something i found on a xtian website:
Seems to leave a lot open to the imagination. Maybe that's why so many of them are immoral.
There has been a massive propaganda campaign against covid vaccines, and unfortunately, many people fell (and continue to fall) for it. What's more, those who fall prey to disinformation feel compelled to spread it via Facebook and Twitter.