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NewHendoLib

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Tue Jul 13, 2021, 12:53 PM Jul 2021

We have an anti-vaxxer in the extended family - and it is creating angst and chaos [View all]

Daughter's hubby is deeply part of the cult - won't get the vaccine even though his mom and dad are docs. My daughter got hers (she is blue, like us). He is of the "it will give me the mark of the devil" school. In discussions with both my daughter and my wife about this (who doesn't like family conflict and thinks it just should be ignored), it is clear that most folks do not understand the depth of the shit we are in. I try to explain that these folks are definitely in a cult of ignorance - that there really is likely no way of reaching them. And there are a LOT of them. Otherwise - how can the hubby say he loves his wife (our daughter), his parents, respect us - if in his cult brain we are all stupid/duped/damned? The pretzel logic that these folks have to believe is breathtaking.

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