Cult deprogramming

[nwhiker]

People on twitter are talking about how Biden should hire cult deprogramming experts, to develop a mass media campaign to attempt to rescue the Qrazies.

I'm not an expert in, well, anything, but I do have some thoughts... I mean... of course I do!

1. The thought of government run thought control experiment is frightening. I'm not sure I like that idea.

2. Cult deprogramming is iffy at best.

3. We not longer have a hook. At this point, our versions of reality are so different, I cannot think of a single area in which those of us in the reality based community could agree with the Qdiots. We always knew evolution and climate change and vaccination were going to be an issue, but we're at the point where we cannot even agree on the basic science of epidemics and public health, etc. We share nothing. I'm not sure, under those circumstances, what could be used to re-ground them in reality.

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[camelsamba]

i didn't hear the whole piece, but there was a story on The New Yorker Radio Hour about how QAnon has elements of ARGs (alternate reality games). I asked Cassie about it at dinner, if they'd heard this comparison, and they had. Which makes me wonder if there would be a way to use "the game" to steer them back to reality.