Responded to his shitty Biden Crackpipe meme with the :citations-needed: episode criticizing the Biden response to this absolute shitshow of racist misinformation. His initial response was “I don’t know what reality is anymore”. When I suggested it’s clearly not listening to :live-tucker-reaction: shit. He is like “but my property rights”.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    I cannot sympathize enough with losing connection with your family. I have a huge extended family and nearly all of them except a handful have gone deep into fascism. A lot have died of covid while refusing to vaccinate. I used to like them.

    I would offer optimism and say that it gets better, that they can break out being reactionaries. But they probably won't. They get worse and unrestricted Facebook and TV news poisoning just makes it accelerate.

    It really feels like a pandemic on top of another pandemic. It often feels to me like my family's Qanon fascism nonsense was built into their DNA because of just how impenetrable it is. They're actively living in a separate reality they've conjured out of their own imagination.

    I hope it won't be too difficult for you and I really hope for the chance your family will someday listen to you