They have given me plenty to think about and also the sense of solidarity that comes from LBN also helps keep me (realtively) sane.

I find myself asking similar questions when I mention things to family/friends at the (increasingly rare) times we get together and they look at me blankly as if I had just talked about vampires or something. A lot of the content we see/read at LBN just doesn't appear to them at all.

I definitely agree with the desire to know the truth and the duty to witness and be informed. Other than passing that information on, it's difficult to see what we can do with it and what we actually achieve by knowing it, but we definintely should know it.

I think this last year has really magnified the disconnect between reality and what the media/politcal class represent as reality and that leads to potentially feeling even more on the fringes.