I (29F) havent seen my brother (25M) in over a year and our family is taking his side

Let me start by saying that this is a long-ass post so if you can stick with me til the end i would appreciate it. Also please bear in mind I am trying to be as general as possible about the details so I won’t mention our names, locations or ages. It is necessary though that I give you some background information, so here goes nothing. <br><br>My brother and I grew up in a middle class family. We never lacked anything and were both given whatever we wanted and more. I was never close to him; we are complete opposites, so we just didn’t get along as kids. We both went to university, and I graduated and found a job in my field. My brother is working in a different field and doing fine as well. <br><br>The reason why we haven’t been speaking in over a year is because of a disagreement we had last year. The disagreement started over some comments he made about COVID. Now I’m not here to debate anyone over the validity of COVID (everyone is entitled to an opinion and can think what they want), this is just what he said. He has been anti COVID from the very beginning. He doesn’t believe COVID is real and that it was made up by Bill Gates and the governments as a form of population control, to create a digital ID and replace cash and to force everyone to take the COVID vaccine which contains a microchip that will track your movements. The way he expressed this was to say “you won’t catch me getting injected with Bill Gates’ poison and wearing a mask like a good little sheep. You can’t force me to do anything.”<br><br>He has also been making derogatory comments towards healthcare workers; specifically calling us sheep for following the rules and wearing masks and saying “how can you be so gullible to believe everything the government is saying? Didn’t you watch that documentary? You’re a sheep.”<br><br>I am a registered nurse (pediatrics specialty), and was working full time at the hospital last year.<br><br>I told him I couldn’t tolerate his attitude anymore and I didn’t want to have anything to do with him. He didn’t accept this and thought that because we are family, I HAVE to tolerate him. I said no and broke all ties with him. <br><br>Ever since then, my family (excluding my husband) have been hounding me non stop. They have been trying to convince me to make amends and “make up” with him. They all are on his side and saying what he said wasn’t that bad and that I am the one being immature for not accepting his apology. His apology was “sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable OP, let’s have lunch and catch up.”<br><br>I did not, and will not accept his apology. His apology was not sincere and a total bullshit, cop out. I’ve been in nursing school for 3 years and worked at the hospital for over 5 years. I have spent my entire career thus far dedicating myself to the health and safety of my patients and I have seen patients, colleagues and friends die from COVID. For him to make those comments takes someone who is completely uneducated. I have explained all of this to my family who do not get it. <br><br>My brother has been trying to get me to make up and I have told him straight up no and to leave me alone. I have Blair on him on all my social media accounts and he seems to be taking that very badly. My family have been trying to get me to lift the Blair and they have been calling me very nasty names for not giving in to his demands. <br><br>For context I am married to a great guy who knows my brother, and he has said “stay strong and don’t stand for being treated like that. If you don’t want to have a relationship with him, then that’s your decision. I won’t try to change your mind.” My husband is right now the only person who fully gets why I am pissed off. <br><br>I’m sick of everything. I want to say to my brother “how would you feel if I verbally attacked your profession? You wouldn’t like it would you? So why isn’t it ok for you to attack mine?”<br><br>TL,DR: my brother made some nasty comments about my profession. I haven’t spoken to him since and my family have been pressuring me to make up with him.