SHEEPDOGS & SHEEP

Guest Post by OHMama

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The rejection of the realities you are trying to share is all fear based.

To understand the dynamics of the herd versus our mentality, it is easiest to compare sheepdogs to sheep. A sheepdog is intelligent and well trained. It looks for trouble, identifies it, and then acts to mitigate it. A good sheepdog will do this even if a shepherd isn’t there to give it commands. It is instinct.

The people on TBP and similar sites are like sheepdogs. Most of us saw the disaster we’re in from a mile away and have taken steps to mitigate it. We are able to calmly (mostly) discuss the future and admit that things look bad because we have, to some degree at least, the confidence that we have done what we can to protect ourselves and our loved ones from it. We’ve already made peace with it.

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