Yes, they are brainwashed. The brainwashing starts in high school now. My sister’s high school daughter wanted to be a medic in a BLM protest with school friends.
The group chanting during the protest of the brainwashing/indoctrination technique. Repetitive chanting can make some people accept suggestions from others.
The chants can also create a groupthink environment where the protestors are willing to follow other leads.
Their hearts are hardened they can not be convinced of their errors, no matter if you point it out to them. We are in the End Times.
So thankful my boys didn’t get caught up in all that. My oldest learned a trade and went straight into the work force, my youngest in Christian college now. Both were homeschooled and are staunch conservatives.
My youngest is 18 and all his friends are conservatives, even the non-religious public school kids. That gives me some hope for the future.
Actually, it starts way before high school.
The next day was a Friday and she was running late as usual. She came to me said, “We gotta go, I have to go to school.” I told her that I had been thinking about what she had said the previous evening and told her that I was going to work from home that day in an effort to reduce our carbon footprint. She said, “But Dad, I have a Bio test today, we have to go.” I told her that saving the planet was more important than her Bio test. She was livid, and called some friends to see if she could get a ride. No luck. She stayed home that Friday.
I suggested she spend the weekend doing some research on global warming and energy use and see if what her teacher seemed right. She did and spent two days writing a paper for her history teacher that debunked human caused global warming. It was not an assignment but she gave it to the teacher anyway. It came back with a note at the top that said, “I'll have to think about this.”
I seem to remember that she was able to take her Bio test on Monday, but the perspective and discernment she gained was more valuable than anything.