AIBU to think that my previously sane and rational friend has gone crackers.

[Casschops]

My friend has always loved a good conspiracy theory as have I but for me the fictitious and far fetched claims. She is now in the US, I am not.
The latest and most worrying is that she believes that Trump is going to save us all and is exposing a satanist cult of the wealthy and elite in America. This includes Katy Perry, Marina Abramovic and others! Apparently they hold canabalistic dinner parties and hunt humans on a ranch and Trump is exposing them all. I think she has lost the plot, its not just her, loads of her friends including my cousin are at it too bonkers!

That's the craziest one I've heard. The scary thing is that people who believe this rubbish are allowed to vote.

My family believe in the power of human death sacrifice and have rituals where they pretend to eat human flesh and drink human blood.

No less whacky.

Why have you posted this again?

Speakeasy:

Clever! how many times do you get to trot that one out?

Is this the Qanon theory? Loads of (unhinged) people believe it.

BillywillyV first time I have made that point.

Oh good heavens. That is absolutely insane. Unfortunately, Trump supporters are incredibly active and push their insane conspiracy theories on S/M and other outlets (Fox News, anyone?). I'm American and these crazy theories spread like wildfire here. Trump has encouraged this behavior. it just doesn't shock me anymore.

I promise, all Americans aren't batshit crazy. I despise Trump, and am doing everything in my power to defeat him in November.

CassChops: Apologise - that was another, almost identical, thread.

My advice would be to not engage her in this type of talk.

Another conspiracy theory thread. I’m starting to wonder if these are being started by actually conspiracy theorists in order to spread their ‘word’.

Yes, she's gone crackers. Barking🐕

Ooer. It's hard to know what to say, isn't it, OP. In my experience it's unlikely you can get a word in anyway because they're usually monologues.

A friend of mine recently decided to go anti-vax and I was treated to a long monologue on how negligent parents who immunise their kids are. Ie. such as me! And her actually, given her first kid is immunised. But hey ho.

Should have changed the subject but made the mistake of challenging it so was bombarded with a flurry of screen shots of (fake) medical studies someone had posted on Facebook. My friend is very smart. She will have had to have learned how to research properly during her studies and career. Yet she took these posts at face value as evidence for her theory. Very strange.

@TheClaws I have never posted about this before.

@TheClaws my apologies to you too. I cross posted.

I would point out to her that if there is a satanist cult of the wealthy in the US, Trump is probably their leader

😳😳 crazy. Can they make a documentary about this I'd watch it 😂

@speakout 😂😂 hope you are humouring us

Chocoholic12 not at all= my mother and sister do this ceremony on a weekly basis.

Katy Perry’s a cannibal?

Maybe she bit a girl and she liked it...

@Mycatsmellsbad, Im more of theory debunker.

Luna

I also love conspiracy theories but this Q Anon blood drinking nonsense is very scary. No so much the story itself but that normal seeming folk are buying it wholesale. Its frankly ludicrous but for some reason its sticking in the American conciousness and influencing a highly armed population into violence and madness.
I recently heard a political analyst from the USA. She isn't confident that if and when Donald loses the election he will step down. In her opinion these conspiracies are paving the way for that. Very, very nasty stuff.

"satanist cult of the wealthy and elite in America. This includes Katy Perry.."

I kissed a Satan and I liked it ?

Luna taste of her cherry chapstick, right enough 😂

Katy Perry does that? Still not as horrendous as her music.

My teen ds announced the other day that Trump supporters seem to be becoming as insane as he is.

Maybe he was right!

It's actually scary just how far some people will go with irrational conspiracies but even more concerning that they cannot see how extreme their views and beliefs are and shouted louder over anyone trying to rationalise their thoughts.

But it's not just America. Look what happened here with 5G masts at the start of the covid pandemic.