I lean towards pessimism naturally, but I've been seeing similar. I don't use FB or social media at all, but friends who do have noticed the same thing. Additionally, I've noticed from within my own social circle, over the last couple of weeks, my friends are expressing "wrongthink" to me. I would assume it's because they know I'll neither judge them or out them for doing so.
My main hope in all of this is that more people start to wake up to what is happening and see the manipulation for what it all it. Additionally, the comments sections on online news articles about the rapist who was shot are increasingly comdemnatory of him, praising the Police Officers and raining shit on the rioters and looters and those tearing apart communities and their infastructures.
Edited because nobody likes a Debbie Doubleposter: I do think one of the best things we can do, as individuals, is be there for people we know who are exploring their thoughts about all of this. And as hard as it may be, it's possible more important to be there for the people with whom we have maybe disagreed with in the past.
In my entirely anecdotal experience, you cannot force a person to change their opinions or beliefs. But once a person arrives at a different conclusion, that rejects the narrative we're force fed in schools and through social media/the press, those beliefs will become more deeply held than anything they were ever spoon fed.
And an important part of that is allowing people space and freedom - true freedom, without fear of judgement or being shouted down - to explore those thoughts and feelings for themselves. So personally? Whenever someone I know who has been an NPC the last few years gets in touch with me to talk about stuff, once I've ascertained their intentions are non-malicious and are genuine, I will happily let them talk to me, and listen to what they have to say.
We need to prove to these people that we're the ones occupying the moral high ground, and that we don't go cancelling, REEing or screeching like batshit insane harpies at people who are starting to reject the narrative.