So there are many others out there that see the same thing? Wow, I was thinking that it was just me and someone else.
This has happened in the past.
He will be used, abused and not even thanked when he finally opens his eyes, if he ever does and to make it worse, stepping back or agreeing with the people that are actually right about things will cause those that are pulling his strings to turn on him, call him names, try to manipulate him more to stay on "their side" and at that point he will have burned a lot of bridges without even knowing it because he listened to the wrong people.
It is so easy to be caught up in the drama, politics and brainwashing that is happening, the hard part is stepping back and watching those with certain agendas keep on doing what they are doing to others, manipulating others and seeing people you know get attacked for no reason other than the people attacking just don't like them for some unknown reason and then you get attacked when saying good things about good people. It is really strange out there sometimes.