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‘I feel like I’ve lost him’: The families torn apart by conspiracy theories
france24.com ^ | October 1, 2021 | Louise NORDSTROM

Posted on 10/09/2021 7:58:05 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

For almost as long as he can remember, Mathieu’s father had been a provocateur, with a penchant for inappropriate jokes and borderline remarks. But when he started dipping his toes into conspiracy theories, things quickly got out of hand.

“When he told me to ‘look out for the FBI report’ proving Hillary Clinton tortured babies and drank their blood to live forever, I knew with 200 percent certainty that I had lost him,” Mathieu* recalled. “It was finished. I would never again see the person he was before.”

As is often the case, the father’s cross over to “the other side” occurred at a particularly vulnerable moment in his life: his finances had collapsed, he had lost his home and, as a final kick in the stomach, he was diagnosed with a serious, and often terminal, illness. It didn’t help that he was retired and didn’t have many friends.

“I feel kind of responsible because a lot of people fall into these situations when they are isolated,” said Mathieu, who has turned into somewhat of an expert on conspiracy theories since his father began embracing the QAnon movement, whose members believe the world is run by a cabal of Satan-worshipping paedophiles.

“I feel guilty in almost the same way you do when you hear that someone close to you has committed suicide, you feel like you should have been there more,” Mathieu said.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: berlinfreepkinder; fakefreeper; fakenews; qanon; qtards; qvirus
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1 posted on 10/09/2021 7:58:05 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

You need to stop with the trolling, Berlin.


2 posted on 10/09/2021 8:00:23 PM PDT by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: an amused spectator

Yeah, well the father might have been right.


3 posted on 10/09/2021 8:02:30 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I think he lost you Sweetie.


4 posted on 10/09/2021 8:04:14 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is what you get when you put criminals in charge.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Hillary probably does not drink baby blood.

She has, however, befreinded these people...

Everyone will have to make of this what they may.

5 posted on 10/09/2021 8:05:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Pizzagate is real. It was all in Hillary’s freaking emails


6 posted on 10/09/2021 8:05:59 PM PDT by Dogbert41 ("Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6).)
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To: ladyjane

As of now, it seems like the father’s main error was thinking that the FBI is run by good guys who issue honest reports on Hillary Clinton.


7 posted on 10/09/2021 8:06:11 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: an amused spectator

But trolling is so fun and easy when the Qtards set themselves up for such ridicule.

I wonder what Matthieu’s father’s Freep handle is.


8 posted on 10/09/2021 8:06:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“... I knew with 200 percent certainty that I had lost him,”

Math is hard.


9 posted on 10/09/2021 8:06:28 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: ladyjane

He’s a nutter if he thinks the FBI would report it.


10 posted on 10/09/2021 8:07:41 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Responsibility2nd; Berlin_Freeper
I think labeling fellow Freepers "Qtards" is rude and childish.

I don't indulge in that, nor do I frequent the Q threads, either. I've managed to steer clear of a lot of shoals over my decades on FR by trying to inform rather than smear [OK, I smeared Hillary and Bill. And I liked it.].

And I popped Eschoir in the mouth a few times. And I liked that. But he was never a Freeper. :)

11 posted on 10/09/2021 8:14:37 PM PDT by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

What is the point of this post? Why is it remotely relevant to the topics of today?


12 posted on 10/09/2021 8:14:41 PM PDT by ocrp1982 (Biblicly)
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To: BenLurkin

Pam Anderson? What’s a nice girl like her, doing in a place like that?


13 posted on 10/09/2021 8:18:04 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

She looks like she wishes she was someplace else.


14 posted on 10/09/2021 8:20:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Yes, a lot of people go overboard.

But how does this crybaby explain the VARS numbers?

And the thousands of doctors and nurses wh will not take the jab in spite of getting fired?

Everyone but thee is a conspiracy crackpot?


15 posted on 10/09/2021 8:21:08 PM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

On second thought, I believe this to be fiction. A reject from the Babylon Bee.


16 posted on 10/09/2021 8:24:30 PM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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To: Responsibility2nd; Berlin_Freeper

Responsibility2nd and Berlin_Freeper can you guys in your own words tell us what you think of the FBI?


17 posted on 10/09/2021 8:26:59 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Berlin_Freeper

This has to be up there as a top stupid post.Hardly anyone thinks there is a big Q following out there anymore except dunderhead Dems like Don 🍋.

Nothing worth while comes from you here except to agitate.


18 posted on 10/09/2021 8:45:26 PM PDT by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I know just hope this person feels. Conspiracy theories suck. I have some relatives who claim Biden won a fair and free election, Trump is a Russian spy, and DC is not filled with homos, bribe takers, and pedophiles.


19 posted on 10/09/2021 9:06:20 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

As is often the case, the father’s cross over to “the other side” occurred at a particularly vulnerable moment in his life: his finances had collapsed, he had lost his home and, as a final kick in the stomach, he was diagnosed with a serious, and often terminal, illness. It didn’t help that he was retired and didn’t have many friends.

Wow, that doesn’t sound the least bit a concocted story.


20 posted on 10/09/2021 9:21:36 PM PDT by Flick Lives ("Let's go, Brandon!")
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