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Marrah_Goodman

(1,586 posts)
1. The anti-vaxxer I know won't change her mind
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 04:49 PM
Apr 2020

And she thinks this whole thing is being blown out of proportion so the government can take more control over the people. She doesn't trust the mainstream media, the government, nothing. BUT she does trust every asshat with a microphone spreading bullshit on the internet. And no- she isn't s right winger and is a wonderful woman. She just fell down the rabbit hole.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
3. I know what you mean.
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 04:57 PM
Apr 2020

It is just like a rabbit hole, too: dark, damp, clogged with roots, fills up with rain and goes nowhere at all, or maybe the madness that Alice found there.

My oldest friend won't come out and its like a religious devotion with a bunch of sacred words, paranoia, anti-science, etc. I can see skepticism and alternatives to the media narratives, put the conspiracy buffs are all the way out there on another planet and might miss important information they REALLY need to survive this and help others.

Also, Russia and China are known to constantly feed them bones, knowing the mindset and psychology of it, (specializes, in-group, etc.)

Marrah_Goodman

(1,586 posts)
4. Today I heard the "the hospitals are all empty, people are posting pictures" speil
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 04:58 PM
Apr 2020

My daughter WORKS in a hospital. I had to walk away before I exploded.

Marrah_Goodman

(1,586 posts)
7. It started with a republican woman from congress and was spread by a Fox news Blonde on twitter
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 05:04 PM
Apr 2020

I wanted to tell her that, but seriously, what's the point? sigh.

Squinch

(50,946 posts)
10. Why do people keep asking this same question? What do you hope to gain by it?
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 05:30 PM
Apr 2020

Is this a nyah nyah? Or is there something else to it?

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