QAnon Conspiracies are Tearing Families Apart

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Donie O'Sullivan
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Feb 11, 2021
New: Two women tell us how their parents began following QAnon and how it is tearing their families apart.
https://cnn.com/videos/business/2021/02/10/qanon-family-members-donie-osullivan-zw-rn-orig.cnn-business…



Donie O'Sullivan
@donie
We have an extended 11 minute version of this story along with insight from an expert in cults on CNN dot com.

Watch here:

When parents become strangers: How QAnon is tearing families apart - CNN Video
These two women share a gut-wrenching story: their parents have bought into QAnon's lies, and it's tearing their families apart. Hear their stories.
cnn.com
5:47 AM · Feb 11, 2021

[live love laugh]

1. It's like Scientology. But crazier. Proof that cultism is internet friendly.nt

[Siwsan]

2. That is heartbreaking

I have a couple of cousins that I wonder if they've crossed that line, over to become a QAnon cult member. One has a son who is just as extreme right wing as he is.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. I know a same-sex couple, in-laws of in-laws

One partner was a run-of-the-mill MAGAt, but became a QAnon cultist over the past year. Word is that the non-assimilated partner had returned her wedding ring. Terrible that this cult can ruin a marriage.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Sad to say,

know the feeling in real time. To damn old to worry about it any more.

[Solly Mack]

5. I used to work for Head Start. My primary job was teacher/health teacher for age 5/all.

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Most of the students in my classroom were part of the court system. Fosters, for various reasons, and the abused, both physically and/or sexually.

The one thing they all had in common was the love they wanted - they craved - from their parent/s. And it was always from the parent that abused them that their desire for love was strongest. When both parents were guilty that desire was sometimes equal but not always. Children perceive who is seen as the dominant in a relationship whether parents are aware of it or not. Depends a lot on if there is a defender in the home or if a spouse is also being abused. Can be both. Children do this even in healthy families. Know who is seen as the head by observing the family dynamics - and children do observe and are aware of such things.

There are exceptions, in abusive homes, especially when one child takes on the role of defender for their siblings and/or abused parent. They tend to think in terms of the abuse happening to others more so than to them as well.

Both, all, really, want to be able to trust in the love when they express their desire for the love of a parent.

People that love you can hurt you. What we all want to feel is that we can trust that love - that it won't happen in an abusive manner. That the love will be there no matter.

But I'm not talking the typical kinds of hurt feelings that happen in a stable family, I'm talking abuse - physical, sexual, and emotional/mental.

People, all people, stable or unstable family, want to be able to trust the love.

Trust in love means validation, gives a greater sense of self-worth, comfort, security - especially in a parent/child relationship. Marriage, too.

When that trust is broken, it can change everything.

Sometimes an apology works, depending. A lot of times it doesn't.

Trust is usually given willingly, the first time.

Has to be earned thereafter.

That's the hard part.

So while an abused child wants the love they know - know - they should have been given. How can they trust it?

I love you. SMACK! I love you - but don't tell your mama/daddy that you're my special little girl/boy.

I love you - but you are living a life of evil by supporting lizard people pedophiles who eat children. You're stupid if you can't see what I know is obvious. What's wrong with you? How are you my child? Where did I go wrong?

Adult children can suffer parental abuse. Many have. Many do.

It's an advantage to be able to walk out the door and go to your own home - but that feeling of loss, of both the love and the trust in that love, can be devastating. Can be life-altering.

I feel for the two women in the OP. They aren't alone though I'm sure they feel that way most days.

I hope they seek counseling. I know it feels - to them - like what is happening with their parents is their problem - but it's not. They need to find a place where they can accept that. That their parents have a problem, not them. That they can't change their parents - only how they react to them. That yes, it is unfair that it all falls to them to move forward. I know that feeling. But they have a life and a future they need to protect - and that means protecting themselves from their parents.


Just pondering over it all.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

7. This abuse of trust and love

Is why Cats are my true family. Cats kept
my trust and they were keeping love alive inside me when people called family just crushed it . I love Cats big and small and owe them my life. My dieties Sekhmet,Bast they keep my spirit intact.

Without felines in my world I know I would be dead.

[Solly Mack]

9. I'm sorry that happened to you and glad you found some peace.

A beloved animal can be the best thing that happens to a person. They can help us heal.

Children often will begin to express their fears and anger once a dog or a cat is included. They gain comfort. Unconditional comfort with no need for words. Just expressions of love.

[yardwork]

8. Thank you for this post.

[Solly Mack]

10. You're welcome.

[Dorian Gray]

6. This is devastating

I have friends who post articles and links to things that are Q adjacent. (Like Plandemic back in the early summer). It amazes me when people are so out of control, and it shows how deeply people are searching for meaning in our society. Because turning to this shows desperation.

It makes me so sad. It's why I get upset when I see people leading others in a direction online that hasn't been officially corroborated.

Beware of people selling narratives that aren't based on irrefutable facts just because they align with your biases. We need to focus on teaching kids and adults how to think critically and analytically.

It has led many on the right down a really horrific path.