My daughter came home from school and said, โMom, youโre not going to believe what happened in history class today.โ
Her teacher told the class they were going to play a game. He walked around the room and whispered to each kid whether they were a witch or just a regular person. Then he gave the instructions:
โForm the biggest group you can without a witch. If your group has even one, you all fail.โ
She said the whole room instantly lit up with suspicion. Everyone started interrogating each other. Are you a witch? How do we know youโre not lying? Some kids clung to one big group, but most broke off into smaller, exclusive cliques. They turned away anyone who seemed uncertain, nervous, or gave off even the slightest hint of being guilty.
The energy shifted fast. Suddenly everyone was suspicious of everyone. Whispers. Finger-pointing. Side-eyes. Trust dissolved in minutes.
Finally, when all the groups were formed, the teacher said, โAlright, time to find out who fails. Witches, raise your hands.โ
And not one hand went up.
The whole class exploded. โWait! You messed up the game!โ
And then the teacher dropped the bomb: โDid I? Were there any actual witches in Salem, or did everyone just believe what they were told?โ
My daughter said the room went dead silent.
Thatโs when it hit them. No witch was ever needed for the damage to happen. Fear had already done its work. Suspicion alone divided the entire class, turning community into chaos.
And isnโt that exactly what weโre seeing today? Different words, same playbook. Instead of โwitch,โ itโs liberal, conservative, vaxxed, unvaxxed, pro-this, anti-that. The labels shift, but the tactic is the same.
Get people scared. Get them suspicious. Get them divided. Then sit back while trust crumbles.
The danger was never the witch. The danger is the rumor. The suspicion. The fear. The planted lies.
Refuse the whisper. Donโt play the game. Because the second we start hunting โwitches,โ weโve already lost.
@Susan60@actuallyautistic I have ADHD since I was a child and there a quite a few unfinished things in the past and I can't stand flashing lights of any type.
Well that was a total stuff up by cunard. Have two different times for the train excursion and not telling you which is the right one. Had 9:15 am on the ticket and 8:15 am hidden away in the daily program!!!
Seems the later one was when the bus left the dock where the tender pulled in, but of course there was nothing to show that's what it was! #Cruise2025
Canberra, Australia Posts auto ๐ฅ after 1 year or so. Wiccan, but love Pagan as well. I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone. #TitanicProject #DalekProject