Starting at the end I had to say- every person your age who can think critically and is not following the crowd that I've spoken to has the same taste in music :) When my daughter met her boyfriend, one of the things that initially attracted her was his well developed musical taste. They enjoy the company of our friends more than people their own age half the time, so it isn't unusual for them to show up to a gathering

(My kids-Ethan & Zoe, the boyfriend Markus & my hubs Howie at our friend's place)

Also, it's funny you mention Floyd because I am currently watching a recent interview with Joe Rogan and Roger Waters- Roger is a self-educated, thoughtful intelligent man, this is one of my favorite Rogan interviews of all time.

That's awesome about your friend. There's a woman like that in our gatherings, she's a school teacher and did all the things, but also defended the rights of people to Not do them. We could share our perspectives with each other without feeling judged, which helped both of us gain a deeper understanding and respect of the opposite point of view. I think that one of the biggest reasons people have developed this sense of "we must be enemies" is because they believe those of different views are judging or going to judge them. Perhaps they have been judged by friends and family, perhaps just people online, or they just heard this in the msm and so the assumption is "Anyone who agreed with the mandates" or "disagreed with them" thinks I'm selfish or a sheep etc. and so they approach it angrily and defensively which inspires those exact reactions, therefore confirming their fears.

Communication is key. Which is why all of the banning is so terrible and intended for exactly this. Because we can find all of the banned material- it wasn't truly banned, just not allowed on certain platforms- therefore those with a mind to disagree with the MSM are exposed to a ton of information that those with a mind to agree never even see as they wouldn't go seeking out platforms like bitly etc.

Where are you from? You said you couldn't get a coffee the past winter? All of that was dropped here in NY by spring of 2021 except some places in the big city, pretty sure only Cali and cities like Chicago dragged it out a little longer. I wouldn't be surprised if there was one more wave of it though.