Is everything hopeless? The dominant cultures around the world have gone insane. Dishonest ideas, presented as normal or "reasonable", are forced on us, and the young and the gullible seem powerless to resist.
Social media makes the most diseased ideas seem trendy and cool.
Let them be wrong, but you aren't obligated to allow them to violate you with their wrongness.
People have the right to make mistakes, and you have the right to defend yourself from the consequences of their mistakes- without violating their equal and identical rights. This is what liberty is.
Take care of yourself, because if you are unable to stand against the rising tide of insanity, who could replace you? Do your best to make sure you are okay, no matter what happens around you; no matter what disastrous paths society takes.
Don't allow yourself to be forced to act as though lies are truth. It's dangerous to stand your ground against armies of smug liars with power. Do it anyway. Speak the truth even when it costs you; even when those around you claim you're hurting someone's feelings by speaking the truth. If the truth hurts, it's more important than ever to say it.
Don't suggest "there ought to be a law"- there are ethical ways of dealing with these lies, and legislation isn't one of them. There are ways which don't involve the other horrific lie: that political government is somehow legitimate in some circumstances. It's not.
People who haven't got a leg to stand on will always seek to make up legislation to force the world to appear to conform to the way they wish it were. Then they'll use those who enforce legislation to get what they want by violating you. Don't be like them.
Legislation is the low ground; take the high ground. You do you, and let them fall off the cliff if this is what they are determined to do. If you try to save them and they pull you over the edge too, no one is better off. If you can keep someone grounded without following them into oblivion, though, do it, within the limits of what you have a right to do.
No one has the right to prevent you from doing anything which harms no other person nor violates their property. No one has the right to punish you for living in this way. A government job doesn't create this right, nor can a "law". To stand up against the insanity, you're going to need to become comfortable doing and saying things which are unpopular with "the crowd".
You're reading this, so I have faith in you. You give me hope.
Thank you for reading.