I saw a similar situation occur with a dude I'd known for 20+ years, from my college days forward. Guy was as normal as any geek-hobby friend I ever had. He got married, had two kids with a wife he loved, and as a joint hobby they both joined the Society for Creative Anachronism (they were both into fantasy and medieval stuff). Unfortunately, the SCA around this area has largely turned into an SJW cesspool, and I saw him spiral into being a self-loathing, man-hating, flagellant apologist. Flash forward another couple years and he suddenly decides he's trans, despite having never shown any evidence he had dysphoria. Fortunately for his kids they were 18+ at this point, so the impact on them was less than it could have been, but (s)he eventually ended up divorcing the wife and moving out, and then started e-begging for help with the rent and expenses. Dude needed a therapist, not a Ko-Fi for hormone treatments. I figure within a few more years he'll be detransitioning as the local vultures move on to new targets.
It totally was, and if you looked back through his Facebook history you could see the indoctrination and downward spiral. He went from posting normal hobby and personal stuff to dropping stuff that was pro-feminist, anti-patriarchy, and apologizing for his "male privilege". From there it was pro-LGBT stuff, then pro-Trans stuff, and then at the end of one year he posted something about being true to yourself and he dropped that account to start posting under his new name on a new account. Following up on that, "she" has descended even further into new-age lunacy, to the point where "she" believes that "she" is some sort of channel for a goddess machine spirit and that "her" My Little Pony dolls are the avatars of that spirit, that literally communicate with "her". The dude needs some serious mental health counseling and likely some drugs to go with an inpatient stay in the nuthouse so he can be deprogrammed.
I had no idea who the heck that was, so I Googled him and found the Know Your Meme entry. Jeebus, that was a shitshow of a read. The guy I know isn't half that ate up, but after seeing this garbage that was posted to a FB group "she" created, I'm starting to wonder.
I saw a similar situation occur with a dude I'd known for 20+ years, from my college days forward. Guy was as normal as any geek-hobby friend I ever had. He got married, had two kids with a wife he loved, and as a joint hobby they both joined the Society for Creative Anachronism (they were both into fantasy and medieval stuff). Unfortunately, the SCA around this area has largely turned into an SJW cesspool, and I saw him spiral into being a self-loathing, man-hating, flagellant apologist. Flash forward another couple years and he suddenly decides he's trans, despite having never shown any evidence he had dysphoria. Fortunately for his kids they were 18+ at this point, so the impact on them was less than it could have been, but (s)he eventually ended up divorcing the wife and moving out, and then started e-begging for help with the rent and expenses. Dude needed a therapist, not a Ko-Fi for hormone treatments. I figure within a few more years he'll be detransitioning as the local vultures move on to new targets.
That is some scary cult like story.
It totally was, and if you looked back through his Facebook history you could see the indoctrination and downward spiral. He went from posting normal hobby and personal stuff to dropping stuff that was pro-feminist, anti-patriarchy, and apologizing for his "male privilege". From there it was pro-LGBT stuff, then pro-Trans stuff, and then at the end of one year he posted something about being true to yourself and he dropped that account to start posting under his new name on a new account. Following up on that, "she" has descended even further into new-age lunacy, to the point where "she" believes that "she" is some sort of channel for a
goddessmachine spirit and that "her" My Little Pony dolls are the avatars of that spirit, that literally communicate with "her". The dude needs some serious mental health counseling and likely some drugs to go with an inpatient stay in the nuthouse so he can be deprogrammed.Wow you know chris chan?
I had no idea who the heck that was, so I Googled him and found the Know Your Meme entry. Jeebus, that was a shitshow of a read. The guy I know isn't half that ate up, but after seeing this garbage that was posted to a FB group "she" created, I'm starting to wonder.
If I ever go that way please someone shoot me.