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My, what a gentle way to retell events. It was just guidance. That's all. Just guidance.
Unrelated story: I know somebody who went to a private christian school. He tells me that he probably would have remained fairly neutral on religion ...if not for the experience of having Jesus rammed into his cranium on a daily basis. He is now a rather staunch athiest. A few of his classmates have a similar experience. It's as though forcing shit onto people can lead to them closing off from whatever it is that you're trying to force onto them. Totally unrelated to what I said above though. Don't overthink it.
So you're basically saying you're an anti-vaxxer and you think taking vaccines is a religion?
Not really, and not really. But my views have shifted in ways I never would have expected over the last four years.
If lemmy sees this and wants to use me as a punching bag, I'd understand.
I've considered many times initiating the topic, but each time I just don't envision the conversation being productive.
We know what "guidance" meant here to non-anti-vaxxers. So yeah, taking the opportunity to turn it into a weird cryptic statement will get you this kind of reaction.