My parents just disowned me (40M) because I don't trust the Fauci ouchie. They tried to emotionally blackmail me today since I wrote 'I love you' on my Mom's mother's Day card. "If you really loved me, you'd get the shot." -My Mom. I live a few miles from my parents, and I loved them with all of my heart. They told me never to visit them again. I'm a living orphan now. I extended and olive branch and they burned it to the ground.
It's on them. I have never been mean to them about this. They have been rubbing Biden's (s)election theft in my face since November.
If your family is clear thinking, hug them extra hard for me. I'm now a living orphan at 40. I didn't think I could hate 2021 more than 2020, but it pulled it off somehow.
Hopefully on the "other side of the tunnel", these people will emerge largely unscathed and fences can be mended as required.
Motivations based on fear and shame come from different parts of the brain than reason. Human history is replete with countless episodes of "good" people doing the most horrible things imaginable. Stay strong and keep your heart open for when it is time to forgive.