I'll translate the title for you, but we'll come to that.
I've never been much into politics, never been a liberal or a conservative - if anything at all perhaps a libertarian, since I'm all for freedom and thus pro individual rights - pro choice, pro LGBT, but also pro gun rights, and pro nuclear power.
Then during Donald Trump's candidacy and subsequent presidency I witnessed how my country became more and more divided, how some people would cut friends out of their lives based on whether they either loved or hated Trump. Myself I continued to have both friends who loved him as well as others who hated him, and I thought it to be silly to be so intolerant of people with different opinions, and I thought myself I'll never get caught in this divide.
Then the world changed in ways I'd never have expected, the plague came, I lost my gym so I had to change my workout - and the divide changed too, and I very clearly came down on one side of it. Still I won't cut anyone out for being on the other side of it, and I do have friends who are willing to comply with the mass vaccination program or who even have done so already.
But here's what the title of this post means. It's Dutch, and "wappie" is a sort of Dutch slang word for a conspiracy theorist, it could possibly even be translated as "tin foil hatter", since it was originally meant to be derogatory but has hence been reclaimed, similar to how the word gay was once offensive but got reclaimed (and now there's gay Pride even, which is great).
Een schaap is a sheep. So you're either a wappie (tin foil hatter) or a sheep, that's what the new divide is.
I also learned that the new definition of "conspiracy theorist" is: one who distrusts authorities.
So of course, I'm 100% wappie!
I'm glad for all others who protest the "New Normal", and I've heard of quite a number of protests - very awesome reporting from Amsterdam here: "Shite Guides"! The first person I found was Bjorn the Viking, and I was grateful to find all those people commenting on his videos in support of his opinion - and thus of mine. (Here he's making a smartphone - I never wanted one, but with his awesome instructions here I think I might just make myself one like his too!)
And I love this Dutch BLCKBX site which I found, with very informative video discussions with different people, however mostly all in Dutch language. Myself I can understand it fairly well although I'm far from fluent in Dutch, but I know only very few others who know Dutch. I'd share more of their videos if it weren't so pointless if my friends don't understand the language.
But now here is one, and a very important one, which is entirely in English - it's Eric Clapton! I'm far too young to be really familiar with him, but even I have heard of him before, I know he's a famous one! I can only encourage everyone to watch this video and hear about his tragic and terrible fate, wondering if he'll ever be able to play the guitar again.
Here's Eric Clapton on BLCKBX!
