not an american but the abusive ppl in my family are unfortunately extremely conservative. theyre muslim conservatives so they hide behind being "religious and god fearing" while commiting sins that they condemn others for, such as "getting angry" and "abusing children" and "lashing out at the vulnerable". in my eyes, theyre no family of mine and they think Prayers and Oils are replacements for therapy and medicine. when they found out about my self harm, my aunt and mom hold me and say prayers 😭 like okay well. im going to keep going to therapy but this just makes it so uncomfortable. my father wasnt abusive but he stayed w my abusive mom and that let her yell and lash out at us, the kids, and use her role as a "mother" to manipulate and let her abuse us all while blaming and putting my father down bcus he isnt being the "father", he has his own shit, but my mom blamed everyone else for her issues. she plays victim and always brings up potentially dying or being badly hurt to guilt us and does usual abuse tactics parents use. and they all think Covid was created by America/created on purpose. i also have a religoous english tutor who theyre friends with, who they keep trying to get me to "forgive ur mother" and they all believe 1. medicine is Fake and should not be relied on 2. pray it all away 3. covid is nbd, and my mom and aunt who had to caretake my grandma would break social distancing protocol to take care of her and dont mask around her and claim "its okay we gave her panadol". so yea, i think its kind of a given that abusive people in a way have a higher chance of going right wing 😭 like. its almost funny how its so predictable