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I have to mildly disagree here. Yes, some (I'll even go so far as to say the majority) of the blame falls on her for being willfully blind for so long, but there's also the fact that many of her colleagues simply tried shielding her from the information. Plus, in any case like this, you often don't know the true reality of the situation until you roll up your sleeves and start digging in yourself.
But I'm willing to give her a lot of credit. She was willing to have her beliefs challenged, she was willing to look at everything objectively, and she didn't follow her colleagues' lead in ignoring the evidence for their own political benefit because the facts didn't jive with their personal worldview (and apparently being willing to state as much, if only to her). That itself is a rarity in society today, where the only answer to extremism is more extremism, doubling down instead of compromising, and treating any attempt at admitting the other side may have a point as being a traitor to the cause. This holds especially true in the GOP, and even more so in places like Texas.
And in an area like that, I'd much rather have someone who at least seems to be willing to be objective and accept reality vs. yet another crackpot who wants a list of books banned because some of the words contain the letters G, A, and Y.
Also you have to allow people a way out. If you say they can never come back to reality, then they won't try.
It takes a lot to leave your social group, even if that social group is based on rage, lies, and bullshit. It's not entirely different from ex-Mormons or people leaving a cult.
Now is she actually gonna do something about her colleagues misleading her or continue being complicit due to willful ignorance?
Belief is a word for children. Adults either know or dont know. If you see an adult using the word believe youre staring at a red flag.