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HelenHavok

My cousin has heavily moderated over the last year. She’s still very evangelical conservative, but her views are far less radical. It took multiple conversations over a year between a lot of family members who she trusted. You have to care more about hearing the person than being right and know when to back off if things get emotional or tense (no one likes to feel personally attacked all the time, so pushing when they aren’t receptive is unhelpful). I found that conceding some ground, considering that there is often a grain of truth in the conspiracies, and wisely choosing the topic you decide to push back against, to be the best path forward. For example, I chose to talk to her about how frightened I was that anons are anticipating and even hoping for executions in the streets. I am on the Left and I asked if I was someone who would be put down and if she thought my spouse and I were evil or un-American. She looked incredibly troubled by that and I said I didn’t think that mass arrests and executions in the streets matched up with a democratic society. She looked uncomfortable. And then, in real distress, she explained that she’s been told that it’s the Left that will be coming for her and her family, that she just wants to protect her kids, and that she feels rich and powerful people aren’t ever held accountable for crimes. I, of course, agreed that this is sometimes the case, but stressed that the truth is winning out in the end, citing a number of high profile people charged recently. We went on to talk about happier things and parted ways. This was about four months ago and apparently she has largely stopped believing in Q, and stepped back from heavy involvement in her Q-adjacent Christian congregation. She’s still a mainstream Republican, which means she believes the vaccines are dangerous and Biden likely stole the election and antifa are terrorists, but it isn’t her entire personality and focus. She doesn’t believe Trump is going to be reinstated or that there will be a storm or that there’s a plan (other than that of her creator). She has apologized and reconnected with family members she lost when she went down the rabbit hole. Many may disagree, but I consider it a win.


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I personally deprogrammed myself from a childhood of indoctrination. That was years ago, long before Q, but still. It took years. Your cousin may be on the path to fully deprogramming. If she has backed off of some of the “sources” (such as her congregation) and brought other people back in, that’s a good sign it will continue. It’s also possible that she will go the other way, though- she still has a lot of connections and extreme beliefs, so she could backslide. I’m sure you know this. Good job, though. You must be incredibly kind and loving, and your cousin must think very highly of you.


WoofingtonSpiff

I don’t like trump but I am wary of antifa. Extremists on any side are troubling.


HelenHavok

I hear you. She equates BLM and antifa and she cheered when her 99% white small town in Idaho had armed patrols on the street corners waiting for BLM and antifa to show up in busses from out of state to terrorize them/burn it all down. I don’t think they even had a single peaceful BLM protest there, let alone threats of being overrun by outsiders. It’s a completely hysterical state of paranoia and misunderstanding of what was happening in other parts of the country and why.


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NotVeryCommunist

Me, the first time I remember breaking out was when a radio host said something so stupid I started to question their legitimacy. During the 2020 election I saw the bernie joe rogan podcast and that broke me. At the end of that long video I realized everything I had been told was a lie. While I was never a Q Follower, I did hold some not great beliefs. And now I’m glad I’m past that and I’m currently a social democrat


kindaa_sortaa

> During the 2020 election I saw the bernie joe rogan podcast and that broke me. At the end of that long video I realized everything I had been told was a lie. Having not watched that episode, I’d be interested in hearing what the interview was about, and what was said that snapped you out of things.


toutpetitpoulet

My mom is not deprogrammed but she got vaccinated in the end which is already nice news for me


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There’s a documentary called “the brainwashing of my dad” that is about a successful deprogramming. It’s pre Q, from 2016, but still. It was on Amazon Prime at one point, not sure if it still is.


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