Yes truly, and one of my sisters is way into QAnon and has taken to calling me a socialist pedo. Needless to say I haven't spoken to her in a few years. I can't believe how easily people have been led astray. But when you are siloed into a diet of misinformation, just like in Putin's Russia, you can be led to believe really outrageous things. Psychology says that by the time even a blatant falsehood has been repeated 2-3 times you will inadvertently start to believe it...by 7-10 times, you are convinced that the lie is true.
Sorry about your sister. I'm thankful that I'm on good terms with my siblings, at least as far as I know, but it's mainly because we simply Don't Go There anymore. In my own heart and mind, these relationships have become very circumscribed and cautious.
Yes truly, and one of my sisters is way into QAnon and has taken to calling me a socialist pedo. Needless to say I haven't spoken to her in a few years. I can't believe how easily people have been led astray. But when you are siloed into a diet of misinformation, just like in Putin's Russia, you can be led to believe really outrageous things. Psychology says that by the time even a blatant falsehood has been repeated 2-3 times you will inadvertently start to believe it...by 7-10 times, you are convinced that the lie is true.
Sorry about your sister. I'm thankful that I'm on good terms with my siblings, at least as far as I know, but it's mainly because we simply Don't Go There anymore. In my own heart and mind, these relationships have become very circumscribed and cautious.