Fucking hell, now she's gone full Covid is a hoax thinker. She has COPD. She is at high risk. The last time I spoke to her she was still taking precautions. Now she's all like, "It was a lie, made up to get rid of our thriving economy."
I can't even.
I am not sure why I am sharing this with you all. Maybe to expose how bad it can get and how quickly?
I spent numerous hours speaking to her, it involved a whole lots of curse words, mostly her telling me to "fuck off". At one point, she said she never wanted to hear my name again, to which I responded, "Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene" She must not have appreciated it as the next thing after that was "You are dead to me"
Ouchies. Almost gave up right there. That stung.
Anyhow, hours later, After an hours break or so each time or even a few, we were able to talk to each other without curse words. I had to be the one to initiate that. I don't wanna share that as it is even more personal than sharing all of this with you.
We spent the next few hours discussing all manner of topics from Covid to Trump to our electoral process. Every step of the way I had to walk her back, with proof, from the misconceptions she has gathered from who knows where.
There isn't any resolution at this point. She is still pretty sure that Trump had the election stolen from him..nothing I said dissuaded her from that.
But again, no screaming. I was able to talk about the civil rights act, the southern strategy, the vote counting process, in particular mail-in ballots.
I have no idea if it did any good, but, well I do love her, so I am going to try my very hardest to pull her back from the brink.
Sorry for dropping all of this on you. I figured if anyone could ever understand it, it would be you.