How To Deal With Your MAGA Relatives Without Ruining Relationships, According To Cult Experts
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When someone you care about is majorly misinformed, it's already awkward. But here's some expert advice on how to make it through interactions with diehard MAGA loved ones with your sanity and boundaries intact.
In an era where misinformation spreads faster than the truth, and political extremism often feels more like a full belief system than a policy stance, many of us have found ourselves in painfully surreal situations. Maybe it’s a relative who sends you a link to a fringe conspiracy site, or an old friend who insists the government is run by subterranean lizard people — and they mean it.
Often, these interactions aren’t just absurd or frustrating, they’re heartbreaking. How do you keep a relationship alive when someone you care about seems captured by a worldview that’s not only disconnected from reality, but openly hostile to yours?
This guide was born from that question. We spoke with experts in cult recovery and high-control groups, including those familiar with the tactics, language and emotional binds of movements like MAGA to bring you practical tools for navigating these encounters.
These aren’t scripts to win an argument or “deprogram” someone in one conversation. Instead, they are strategies to help you make it through these (often exhausting) interactions and respond as best you can to those you love.
Ask a good question.
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