posted ago by Lightworker15 ago by Lightworker15 +7 / -0

From Qanoncasualties (a fascinating place)

Backstory - My mom and I have always been very close. My parents got divorced when I was about 6 and there was a lot of traumatic experiences leading up to their divorce. At this point, oddly enough, I'm closer to my Dad now than I am my Mom, and the QANON stuff has a lot to do with it.

About two or three years ago, she off-handedly mentioned this 'conspiracy' about how everyone in our leadership were pedophiles and sex-traffickers. She directed me to this ebook that I could find on Amazon. I ended up looking into it and realized it was a propaganda effort. I found articles about how it was an ongoing conspiracy theory that originated in medieval Europe and was highly anti-Semitic.

I tried to send her that information and she laughed it off.

A few weeks ago, my fiance' and I were attacked outside of a local bar and ended up in the ER, for being gay. I called my Mom and talked to her about it, and her responses were ... odd. She advised we take down our Pride flag, because that would make us a 'target.' She insisted that everything I said to her was nonsense and nothing I would say could change her mind.

I firmly believe her boyfriend, a former marine and gun enthusiast, pushed her down this path. As prior to meeting him, my mom was particularly anti-Conservative. She didn't vote and didn't bother with politics, but she mentioned repeatedly how if Hillary Clinton ever ran for President, she'd register to vote, just to vote for her.

Over the last few years, she's changed. She calls herself a 'patriot.' She won't listen to anything I say, and all I can think about is how this person that I was closest to for most of my life is completely unrecognizable now.

She won't respond to my texts or calls anymore. So I finally did the only thing I felt I could do. I reported her and her BF to the FBI, referencing the QANON beliefs, their armed status, and that they are deeply into this belief that we (my fiance' and I) are 'targets.'

I love my Mom. And this is the only way I felt I could help her, because she won't listen to me.