Comment by disqard

> they are the last to realize when a false messiah [...] needs their help.

> It hijacks their moral framework, because they have invested a lifetime in believing certain tropes and terms and what (I as an atheist) would call sappy horseshit, which nonetheless imbues meaning into all aspects of their daily life. They don't suspect that the attack on their dignity will come disguised as an appeal to their faith.

Being human: allowing ourselves to be vulnerable.

Also being human: the wolves among us will find such humans and prey upon them.

We really are animals, after all.