What Happened When I Stopped Trusting the Narrative (And Started Reading My Bible)
I just had a fascinating conversation on the After Party podcast with Emily Jashinsky about my encounter with Dr. Fauci that left me feeling misled, why I left the progressive bubble, and what it really means to be authentic in the influencer world. Check it out here.
After that episode, I got a thoughtful message that really stuck with me. This person wrote: “I’ve been following you for a while and noticed you mentioned that your ideas and beliefs have changed and that you now identify as conservative. I think that kind of personal transformation really interesting. Would you mind sharing what influenced that shift or what experiences led you there? I’m kind of stuck between those ideological wars so it would be really helpful to know what helped you to strongly believe what you believe.”
This message hit different because it was honest and genuinely curious, not combative or accusatory. It reminded me that so many people are quietly wrestling with the same questions I was. They’re caught between what they’ve been told to believe and what their gut is telling them. They see the contradictions but don’t know if they’re allowed to question them. I was there for years. So let me tell you what actually happened, not the sanitized version, but the real story of how my worldview fell apart and got rebuilt.
So I want to share my story, not to convince anyone of anything, but because I think it might be helpful to hear how someone else worked through it. And if nothing else, maybe it’ll encourage you to start asking your own questions instead of just accepting the answers you’ve been given.
Like I said, the shift didn’t happen overnight, it was gradual (I talk more in-depth about this in my previous post here.) For years I consumed what I thought were the gold standard of news sources: NPR, CNN, the New York Times. I trusted these institutions to give me the full picture. Why would I question it? They were the professionals, the fact-checkers, the ones doing real investigative journalism. I assumed they were after truth, working hard to present the whole story without bias. Or so I thought, bless my heart…
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