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In reply to the discussion: Stephen Miller Mocked For Begging William Shatner To Save 'Star Trek' From Wokeness [View all]Wiz Imp
(9,134 posts)I cut off most contact with him after Trump won in 2016. I last talked to him 3 years ago. I hold out hope I can reconnect with him in the future but I'm not overconfident about it.
My sister-in-law, on the other hand has gone full on bat-shit crazy. I honestly don't know what hapened to her other, like my friend, being brainwashed by talk radio. (And to be clear, it was talk radio that got to both of them long before Fox. They just latched onto Fox after they were already hooked. Too many people here discount the influence of talk radio. In reality, it has been far more insidious than Fox News.) My brother, who used to be very liberal has turned into a Republican too, but I've never gotten the impression he's anywhere near as far gone as his wife. I honestly don't know where he stands on Trump at this point. I'm scared to ask him because I don't want to know if he's gone full MAGA - it would break my heart. I refuse to visit them because I don't want to face her.
I just never envisioned any of them were as weak of mind as they've turned out to be so as to be influenced so much by Right Wing propaganda. They didn't used to be that way. Their tranformations have proven to me that Brainwashing is very much a real thing and the main instrument by which the right gets people to support them and vote 100% against their personal interests.