https://www.wonkette.com/8chan-and-qanon-come-back-just-in-time-to-make-thanksgiving-awkward-af
The subject of the post is icky but the message from the writer, Robyn Pennacchia, has provided a constructive way to deal with the lunatics among us:
...We talk about a lot of things being the result of technology and the subsequent move away from regular human contact and socialization, but this truly is the worst of the worst. While there were certainly conspiracy theorists prior to the internet and social media, it was never this bad outside of actual cults. Part of the reason for that is that this nonsense is a real tough act to take on the road and really only begins to make sense to people once they are pretty isolated from regular human contact. Because if you start going around saying crazy things like "My numerology website proves that there is gonna be a false flag tomorrow at a football game," people will tell you no, and then when there isn't a false flag at the football game, they will say, "Hey Bob, look what didn't happen." Socialization is what tempers this kind of radicalization and forces people to stay in touch with reality.
The fact that QAnon is back is, no doubt, going to make for more than a few awkward Thanksgivings, with Aunt Barbara sitting around looking for secret messages in The National Dog Show. But if you have the wherewithal to do so, try to get them to talk about something else, anything else. It's not your job to try to deprogram them and doing so will probably just make them dig their heels in more, but you can make them remember what normal, regular, human interaction and socialization is like — because at this point, it's the only chance they've got left.
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