The Mysterious Woo-Anon 'Sisterhood' Tearing Families Apart

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27. I think imagining FL somehow causes/is a place for this is delusional in itself

and that those prone to adopt fact-free notions that should not be attractive are more vulnerable to further progression toward delusional rabbit holes than they're aware of.

The woman in this narrative was obviously more vulnerable to radicalization than most, but she started at some other, far more "normal" point, maybe a mommy-and-me group where someone spread anti-vax horror stories or an online healthy cooking site, where visitors were targeted and provided links to the next steps toward this rabbit hole.

ANY social media site, btw, can start that progression. We've watched it happen here. Just for one example, DUers we once chatted normally with who fell to "Hillary Derangement Syndrome," and when it was no longer allowed here moved to one of the satellite sites that sprang up around DU. At that one, members who were prone progressed themselves from political radicalization to full-blown whackjob extremism. I remember discussion among people whose names I remembered (!) of whether Hillary threatened to kill Bernie's grandchildren if he didn't endorse her or if she had him kidnapped and beaten into submission.