It is probably as simple as she doesn't listen to npr or watch cnn, msnbc, or fox. So she is a leftist dummy, but she missed the intermediate steps to the current clown world and when they told her to catch up she pointed out that it was nonsense. It is kind of like pointing out the otherkin crap 10 years ago, but a portion of the population has been acclimated to it this time. In the parrellel society there will be a second set of "science" as well that is based on facts this time.