I was raised insane and religious and ended up listening to Alex Jones every day for a year or two in highschool. I was also insufferable about it.
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No useful tips for deprogramming, I'm afraid. The two most critical things was an honest desire to know the truth / challenge my own beliefs, and learning empathy which helped a bunch. The rest was part of a larger shift in my life.
(Edit: Not being entirely isolated in the crazy is probably the most reproducible aspect. Gaining contact with people outside of that sphere was important, though my motivations can't be replicated...)
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But I also fell in love with a cute lefty boy around the tail end of my Alex Jones phase of life, which certainly spurred a lot of change and self-reflection... I had already started cutting through a teeny tiny bit of the bullshit myself, but that really pushed things along and on a grander scale.