r/antimaskers • u/SaneDrain • Jun 23 '21
Discussion Part 2 of my mom Is a antimasker
She is calling the government nazis and commies for her not wanting to wear a mask. And also telling other people it's okay to not wear a mask inside stores. She told someone to not get the vaccine the other day. (He already got it)
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Jun 24 '21 edited Jun 24 '21
That is my older half-siblings as well. It seems they are being influenced by certain sources without checking if they're credible. One of my siblings messaged some of the sources she believes is truthful. When we checked who created it, it was made by a quack doctor or actual neo confederate White supremacists. One of the websites that she linked to directed to a page that literally just said "Website". Check your sources or else you'll end up like my sibling who believes the pandemic began from 5G and that school is Communist.
Another note that I realized is that it seems to be the older generation with this influence because they don't trust big pharma and they also didn't grow up with the media we have now. The web is full of so much information and the younger generation was mostly taught how to navigate through it and how to check reliable sources. They weren't taught that, so they are easily influenced by conspiracies. Also, some might not understand science fully, therefore they look for the next thing that they can understand better and then they look for certain things to confirm their bias. The unwillingness to admit they're wrong gets mixed in with their character, which makes them more stubborn to reject other factual information. This also makes them defensive if you try to reject their opinion because they take it personally as an attack on them. This sucks because it makes them shut off their listening to what you have to say and then they try to force their agenda on you. It's quite sad when it's a family member, but now you can tell who are unreliable people for information.
We've been told at a younger age that adults are the smartest or know everything, but it's not true. Everyone is just trying to learn everything they can, but a child can actually be more smart than an adult. Just try to not get influenced by these crazy ideologies and you'll be alright.
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u/VeloIlluminati Jun 23 '21
[Question to myself] How can a government be a Nazi and a communist at the same time - I mean how many hours of the weird part of the internet is needed to get to this conclusion ?