https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/albertsamaha/qanon-parents-millennial-children

My Mom Believes In QAnon. I’ve Been Trying To Get Her Out.

Because she sees me as a member of “the liberal media,” it’s impossible to persuade her.

CULTURE

Albert Samaha

BuzzFeed News Reporter

Posted on March 12, 2021, at 10:43 a.m. ET

You should have seen my mom’s Twitter page before it got suspended. Maybe you did. Maybe you were one of the 85 accounts that followed her. If so, I imagine you were probably very confused.

Of course, the QAnon hashtags and links to far-right websites wouldn’t have seemed out of place on the site.

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As the riot in DC erupted, I called her in a panic, desperate to convince her and my uncle to leave the Sacramento protest before they had to worry about stampedes, tear gas, and stray bullets. If the crowd around her rushed the officers, toppled the fences, and stormed the building, I accepted the possibility that my text inbox would fill with selfies of my mom in the rotunda. My mom was offended at the thought. ''“What? Of course not! Why would I break any laws?” And anyway, she and my uncle had left the protest early to get lunch. ''“Why would it get violent?” she said.'' “Trump supporters are peaceful.”''

I apologized for my anger, for dampening her joy, for coming at her with emotion rather than empathetic reasoning. I just wanted her to be safe, I said. Please, please, please, no matter what happens in the coming days, please don’t go to any more rallies.

Her response caught me off guard.

''“No, of course not!” she said. “It’s too dangerous. There are antifa infiltrators now!”''