See, the odd thing is, I’ve had the unique privilege of having many chances to interact with people who have brain damage (from drugs, injuries, or other health problems).
This is anecdotal, so don’t take it uncritically, but I’ve found that the number of people who stayed emotionally and ideologically the same before/after is honestly pretty consistent.
The thing with brain damage is it tends to erode the things we’ve learned, and leaves the things that are buried down the furthest. The few who were violent and hateful, having spoken with their family, were often that way before the accident or before the brain damage set in. They were just more subtle or more controlled.
Most people were frightened, confused, and seeking help and reassurance from anyone who could offer it. Fundamentally, they were good people, before and after. Some of them may have grown more gullible, and social isolation does strange things to normal people. Bedbound people who only had Fox news for company tended to have it the worst.
I can’t speak for John Fetterman. Or Kevin Sorbo. Or any other famous public figure who turned into a raging fascist after they had their brains scrambled by unfathomably bad luck. But in my experience, they were either lukewarm about human rights before, or just keeping their bigotry to themselves out of politeness.
See, the odd thing is, I’ve had the unique privilege of having many chances to interact with people who have brain damage (from drugs, injuries, or other health problems).
This is anecdotal, so don’t take it uncritically, but I’ve found that the number of people who stayed emotionally and ideologically the same before/after is honestly pretty consistent.
The thing with brain damage is it tends to erode the things we’ve learned, and leaves the things that are buried down the furthest. The few who were violent and hateful, having spoken with their family, were often that way before the accident or before the brain damage set in. They were just more subtle or more controlled.
Most people were frightened, confused, and seeking help and reassurance from anyone who could offer it. Fundamentally, they were good people, before and after. Some of them may have grown more gullible, and social isolation does strange things to normal people. Bedbound people who only had Fox news for company tended to have it the worst.
I can’t speak for John Fetterman. Or Kevin Sorbo. Or any other famous public figure who turned into a raging fascist after they had their brains scrambled by unfathomably bad luck. But in my experience, they were either lukewarm about human rights before, or just keeping their bigotry to themselves out of politeness.