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Ben Collins
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More QAnon antivaxxers ingesting hydrogen peroxide:
"According to Garner, her sister has so far handed over about $200,000 to the group, and is being forced to drink a hydrogen peroxide solution and take 'bio pellets' to ward off COVID-19."
The QAnon JFK Cult in Dallas Is Tearing Families Apart
My sister may be too far gone but it's not too late to bring awareness to others. Do not fall into this trap.
vice.com
3:10 PM · Nov 22, 2021
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjb8mv/qanon-jfk-cult-tearing-families-apart
Katy Garner and her sister grew up in a small town in Arkansas and were always close.
We both were cheerleaders in school, made pretty good grades, and loved to just hang out with friends and each other. No one has a perfect childhood, but we had each other. We knew that. And that's what made us so close. We even have matching tattoos to remind each other of that, Garner told VICE News.
They both became nurses, and Garners sister married a doctor and had three children.
Then, around the time of the 2020 presidential election, Garners sister started looking at some of the conspiracy theories swirling online about how former President Donald Trump lost the vote. Ultimately she found QAnon.
It took her about three months to become totally obsessed, Garner said. Thats all she would talk about. You could call her and somehow the conversation would turn into how we live in a world with reptilians and how the Clintons are evil baby-eaters.
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BigmanPigman
(51,563 posts)A fool and his money......
Liberal In Texas
(13,528 posts)Who needs the Onion anymore, reality is even crazier.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,148 posts)But it is! The local shoe stores should be checked to see if there's been a run on Nike shoes lately. This is a "Heaven's Gate" level of lunacy.
Marcuse
(7,442 posts)Nevilledog
(50,986 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,580 posts)I was laughing about this weeks ago. It's not funny anymore.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)its QAnon meets the Branch Davidians. Literally.
Initech
(100,029 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,580 posts)Gore1FL
(21,095 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(11,580 posts)According to the article he's about ready to cut her off. Even if he'd been humoring her before thinking she'd snap out of it, it sounds like he's had enough. He's wondering how he's going to pay bills. She's abandoned her family.
Gore1FL
(21,095 posts)The first time though, I read that as a different example, like the woman who lost her fiancé.
The whole thing is such a tragedy. I have radicalized friends that I don't really want to be around anymore. I don't know if any have slipped this far, but I am reasonably sure some are eager fodder.
It's hard to save people who don't want to be saved. It's hard to welcome them back, too.
Equomba
(197 posts)I had the very same thought, what happens if she DOES come back to the real world. if her husband accepted her at all, with 3 children I would imagine she'd be on a very short lease for a very long time.
ZonkerHarris
(24,204 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,027 posts)The ground troops probably are unaware they are being used. Which means - *YIKES* - they really believe it
kimbutgar
(21,040 posts)Waiting for the aliens to pick them up, Jim Jones and that Waco guy who burned up his members.
How people get hooked on these crazy conspiracies is appallling.
cinematicdiversions
(1,969 posts)C Moon
(12,208 posts)But all they wanted to do was tell us crazy QAnon bs.
I first blocked one of them in Facebook then completely unfriended them on FB and in life. Its been over a year now. FB and Youtube have both deleted her accounts.
Shes a masseuse, so I dont know what shes doing about vaccines. Probably lying.
jmbar2
(4,859 posts)...and the techniques are then improved on here.
Whatever they are doing to them is extremely effective. On the other hand, I suppose it's cheaper than outright warfare.
God help us...
Upthevibe
(8,009 posts)I lost a close friend to QAnon in Sept. 2020. She had believed in it and was reeled in months before but things came to a head when I emailed her and said I couldn't continue with our friendship if she truly adhered to this belief. She emailed me back and said I was being judgmental.
We haven't spoken since....