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Who still has a rift in their family due to differing opinions over Covid? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Lazylazycat@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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My parents have always been left-wing hippies and entertained the odd conspiracy theory, but during the pandemic they got lost down YouTube rabbit holes and bought into Q-Anon and anti-vax ideas. They still don't believe Covid is real (even though they blatantly had it...).

We've just kind of agreed not to talk about it anymore, but they've steadily become more and more batshit and I think they believe I have been brainwashed.

Anyone else's familial relationships changed forever?

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[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Probably would have if I didn't completely cut my parents off decades ago because of their David Duke supporting religious ways. They didn't support me being gay anyways, so I had no reason to have them be a part of my life.

And my grandmother, the only one I still keep in contact with and visit, is fully pro-science (even if such things don't involve her life much at her age) and she got all of the vaccinations and boosters during the pandemic. She stayed perfectly healthy and never caught it as far as we know, unless she was asymptomatic, and it's been quite an achievement at her mid-80's age.

As for my friends, I've only ever surrounded myself with pro-science and supportive people. Why would I associate with anyone not like that? Certainly not going to associate with conservatives that hate that I, as an LGBT person, exist in the first place.

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