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I'm visiting my parents in a few hours and it's probably going to suck. We've really been drifting apart since they found out I was vaccinated and actually taki

I'm visiting my parents in a few hours and it's probably going to suck. We've really been drifting apart since they found out I was vaccinated and actually taking Covid seriously. Ugly things were said about me being a dumb sheep brainwashed by uni education etc. Anyway, I'm joining the virtual all-HN hug. Some people have it worse, and if you (the person reading this) are one of those people, I want you to know that you matter and I want you to be safe and know that whatever is going on WILL blow over one day. If it helps to make you feel better, feel free to write me an email (contact in profile) about the things on your mind.

mbrodersen 5y ago
If your views on Covid overrule your parents love for you then there wasn’t much love in the first place.
- Toutouxc 5y ago
  I know what you mean, but this is actually not the case. I had a wonderful childhood and my parents are caring, loving people who supported me throughout uni and have always been, I believe, quite proud of me. Somewhere around 2019-2020 they both got hit by this huge wall of Qanon, pro-Russia and later anti-vax propaganda all mixed together into one clusterfuck conspiracy theory and they've been riding that wave since. That's the most terrifying thing about all this, they're both very normal and above-average intelligent people, my mum even has a master's degree.
  - mbrodersen 5y ago
    It is astonishing to me as well that conspiracy theories can fool even well educated intelligent people. I guess that the real reason why is because people are not that rational. Most human decisions are driven by values/feelings and then rationalised after the fact. That’s why you can have equally educated/intelligent people violently disagreeing about the interpretation of the same facts. This might help: https://streetepistemology.com/ https://streetepistemology.com/
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mbrodersen 5y ago

If your views on Covid overrule your parents love for you then there wasn’t much love in the first place.

Toutouxc 5y ago
I know what you mean, but this is actually not the case. I had a wonderful childhood and my parents are caring, loving people who supported me throughout uni and have always been, I believe, quite proud of me. Somewhere around 2019-2020 they both got hit by this huge wall of Qanon, pro-Russia and later anti-vax propaganda all mixed together into one clusterfuck conspiracy theory and they've been riding that wave since. That's the most terrifying thing about all this, they're both very normal and above-average intelligent people, my mum even has a master's degree.
- mbrodersen 5y ago
  It is astonishing to me as well that conspiracy theories can fool even well educated intelligent people. I guess that the real reason why is because people are not that rational. Most human decisions are driven by values/feelings and then rationalised after the fact. That’s why you can have equally educated/intelligent people violently disagreeing about the interpretation of the same facts. This might help: https://streetepistemology.com/ https://streetepistemology.com/

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