{"id":1055599,"date":"2021-11-25T18:13:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T23:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055599"},"modified":"2021-11-25T18:13:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T23:13:56","slug":"the-atlantic-calls-to-use-thanksgiving-to-deprogram-or-report-conservative-relatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-atlantic-calls-to-use-thanksgiving-to-deprogram-or-report-conservative-relatives\/","title":{"rendered":"The Atlantic Calls to Use Thanksgiving to \u2018Deprogram\u2019 or \u2018Report\u2019 Conservative Relatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-atlantic-calls-to-use-thanksgiving-to-deprogram-or-report-conservative-relatives%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055599&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/family-Eats-Thanksgiving-Dinner-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>The <\/span><i><span>Atlantic<\/span><\/i><span> published an essay on the eve of Thanksgiving, calling on readers to utilize family Thanksgiving get-togethers to \u201cdeprogram\u201d and sow doubt in conservative relatives, suggesting that one may even succeed in changing their mind or perhaps \u201cneed to report [them] to the FBI!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an essay <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/newsletters.theatlantic.com\/wait-what\/619e50cedce0f300208d7288\/deprogram-your-relatives-this-thanksgiving\/\"><span>penned<\/span><\/a><span> by <\/span><i><span>Daily Beast<\/span><\/i><span> contributing editor Molly Jong-Fast titled \u201cDeprogram your relatives this Thanksgiving,\u201d the left-wing pundit called the national celebration \u201cterrible\u201d and \u201cno one\u2019s idea of a great time,\u201d though insisted using the time to \u201cdeprogram\u201d relatives could make it worthwhile.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.891891891892\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Thanksgiving, it\u2019s time to deprogram your relatives <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MollyJongFast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MollyJongFast<\/a> writes in Wait, What. \u201cMaybe you\u2019ll even change a heart or a mind \u2026 Or maybe you\u2019ll need to report a relative to the FBI! Either way, it\u2019s something to do besides just eat.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Tzoo7YEJe\">https:\/\/t.co\/8Tzoo7YEJe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAtlantic\/status\/1463624280172900358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThanksgiving is terrible, and if you at least spend the time trying to deprogram your niece, you won\u2019t be bored or depressed,\u201d she wrote.&nbsp;<\/span><span>\u201c[T]hough you might be enraged that Fox News or Infowars has convinced her Trump can \u2018save America\u2019 from Joe Biden\u2019s radical agenda of giving people hearing aids and free pre-K.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Calling the notion that Thanksgiving is a \u201ctime for harmony and niceties and gratitude\u201d a \u201ccompletely wrong\u201d one, Jong-Fast slammed those who \u201cthink that you should spend your Thanksgiving playing nice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>She specifically targeted those \u201cpretending that your cousin doesn\u2019t follow QAnon and that your uncle doesn\u2019t believe the election was stolen and also that the Cyber Ninjas are a bunch of cucks for not uncovering voter fraud.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSpending a holiday sitting around, pretending your crazy relatives aren\u2019t crazy, is one of America\u2019s time-honored traditions,\u201d she claimed, though adding \u201cwe are not in normal times.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Noting that, in contrast with last Thanksgiving, Americans can finally gather \u201cmore safely\u201d with family \u2014 including \u201cweird cousins and uncles\u201d \u2014 Jong-Fast called upon readers to utilize the opportunity to \u201cdeprogram\u201d them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is your chance to deprogram them,\u201d she wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is your chance to tell your aunt that maybe the news she gets from it isn\u2019t all that reliable,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd that maybe the MAGA news network is not giving her unbiased news, either.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>She also highlighted vaccination against the coronavirus as a particular issue to confront relatives about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEspecially when it comes to vaccines, family members can actually win each other\u2019s hearts and minds,\u201d she wrote, adding, \u201cYou could literally save your creepy uncle\u2019s life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Concerning other issues, she claimed, \u201cthere\u2019s a decent chance someone at your Thanksgiving table will be QAnon-curious or believe the Big Lie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cShould you let this person rant and rave about how there were voting \u2018irregularities\u2019 even though there weren\u2019t irregularities?\u201d she asked.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She also argued that such relatives may be ignorant of the truth due to their news sources.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIf they\u2019re keeping up with current events through Facebook and Fox News, they\u2019re in such an information silo that they might never hear the truth of what really happened during the 2020 election,\u201d she wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jong-Fast added that, \u201cFor the record: Nothing happened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She then suggested that such confrontations may be the only hope that such relatives have of being gotten through to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou might be the only person your uncle talks to all year who could explain to him that the Cyber Ninjas themselves found zero evidence of voter fraud,\u201d she wrote. \u201cYou might be the only person in the world who can sit down with your anti-vax cousin and explain to her that the vaccine won\u2019t make her infertile and that Alex Berenson is a fraud.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She concluded by suggesting that such attempts at \u201cdeprogramming\u201d could potentially change others\u2019 minds, though the need \u201cto report a relative to the FBI\u201d was also an option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[M]aybe you\u2019ll plant the seed, sow just a little doubt about whatever Tucker Carlson is saying now. Maybe you\u2019ll even change a heart or a mind,\u201d she said. \u201cMaybe you\u2019ll bring the temperature down just a tiny bit. Or maybe you\u2019ll need to report a relative to the FBI!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEither way, it\u2019s something to do besides just eat,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In response, many took to social media to ridicule the essay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou\u2019re totally normal and not deranged,\u201d mocked Iranian-American columnist Sohrab Ahmari. \u201cDon\u2019t let anyone convince you otherwise!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1356783919598\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy Thanksgiving, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MollyJongFast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MollyJongFast<\/a>. You\u2019re totally normal and not deranged. Don\u2019t let anyone convince you otherwise! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TgJgd9pKjg\">pic.twitter.com\/TgJgd9pKjg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SohrabAhmari\/status\/1463602363281952780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cDaily Beast editor and aspiring Cheka commissioner Molly Jong Fast asks you to report your relatives to the FBI this Thanksgiving,\u201d wrote Christina Pushaw, press secretary for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3333333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Daily Beast editor and aspiring Cheka commissioner Molly Jong Fast asks you to report your relatives to the FBI this Thanksgiving <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/97bb1qpsrx\">https:\/\/t.co\/97bb1qpsrx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina Pushaw \ud83d\udc0a (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1463551352987127810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cHistorians of the future will specialize in understanding how an entire generation of American elites went insane,\u201d wrote bestselling author and senatorial candidate JD Vance.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0327868852459\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Historians of the future will specialize in understanding how an entire generation of American elites went insane. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VSZ5tty4Je\">https:\/\/t.co\/VSZ5tty4Je<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1\/status\/1463586851806191620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cFor those who know a little bit of history, this was the mindset in Italy and Germany during early 1930s,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RayKhash\/status\/1463685017704435721?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> one Twitter user. \u201cDe-programming, Reporting what a nonsense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat\u2019s the way to bring your family together, report them to the FBI,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robh279\/status\/1463704878690324487?s=20\"><span>quipped<\/span><\/a><span> another user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOr just enjoy your family in spite of their differences and not be a smug, self-righteous asshole for one day,\u201d another <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrmattconrad\/status\/1463646478358876170?s=20\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is not the first time <\/span><span>that \u201cdeprogramming\u201d those on the right has been encouraged by those on the left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In February, former FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/02\/09\/former-fbi-assistant-director-large-scale-program-needed-to-de-radicalize-trumps-political-cult-members\/\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span> for a large-scale \u201cde-radicalization approach\u201d to \u201cTrump\u2019s political cult members,\u201d while highlighting the need to \u201cdeprogram\u201d those who believe that Joe Biden did not win the recent presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That same month, the <\/span><i><span>New York Times<\/span><\/i><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/02\/technology\/biden-reality-crisis-misinformation.html\"> published<\/a> an essay detailing a range of recommendations for the Biden administration to adopt to fix the \u201creality crisis\u201d and \u201cde-radicalize\u201d citizens, including setting up a \u201creality czar\u201d and&nbsp; \u201ctruth commission.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a video <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/01\/19\/left-calls-for-army-of-citizen-detectives-to-monitor-report-trump-supporters\/\"><span>promoted<\/span><\/a><span> by the left from earlier this year, citizens were called upon to become cyber detectives to monitor and report \u201cradical\u201d fellow citizen conservatives to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In January, <\/span><i><span>Vanity Fair <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2021\/01\/22\/vanity-fair-asks-cult-expert-how-to-deprogram-trump-followers\/\"><span>published<\/span><\/a><span> an interview with cult expert Steven Hassan detailing how to go about \u201cdeprogramming\u201d Trump supporters, while arguing for a \u201cmassive education\u201d effort involving the participation of schools, mental health professionals, law enforcement, media, politicians, and intelligence agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cult-expert-cnn-american-deprogramming-trump-years\"><span>stated<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201call of America needs deprogramming\u201d due to the negative influence of President Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlantic published an essay on the eve of Thanksgiving, calling on readers to utilize family Thanksgiving get-togethers to \u201cdeprogram\u201d and sow doubt in conservative relatives, suggesting that one may &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}