Thank you for sharing your heartfelt thoughts.

I was privileged to have two parents who loved me, and guided me, but also supported my right to make my own decisions... always knowing that they'd still care, even if I made wrong choices. The times were not as dangerous as today, and I made many errors, but picked back up and learned from my errors in judgment. I know what you told her is true and said with only love. I sincerely hope she decides at least to wait... and decide later, while she researches for herself.

The Solzhenitsyn extract was particularly apt... Super simplified: even if you don't have the courage to speak the truth against lies... at least stop repeating and spreading the lies. Refuse to support them. Seems like good advice for today for folks with a situation where they aren't ready to argue the truth for fear of reprisal. It's a start.