Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Music@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDanny Masterson Accuser Slams New Linkin Park Singer For Silence On Scientologywww.stereogum.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1297arrow-down1external-linkDanny Masterson Accuser Slams New Linkin Park Singer For Silence On Scientologywww.stereogum.comHal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Music@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square113fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down25·2 months agoThat’s cool and all, but this story is about Scientology.
minus-squareProgrammingSocks@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 months agoIf you haven’t escaped a cult you might not understand, but cults control their members in similar ways, and understanding how one operates will help you to avoid others. Look up the BITE model
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months ago In a discussion about a cult Brings up other, equally bad if not worse cults - specifically a Chinese cult Whoa whoa guys, let’s not get crazy - this is about Scientology, remember? America bad, amirite? Hmm
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·edit-22 months ago Brings up other, equally bad if not worse cults - specifically a Chinese cult Whoa whoa guys, let’s not get crazy - this is about Scientology, remember? America bad, amirite? The Chinese government hates Falun Gong, so if anybody has a pro-China bias, it’s the person agitating against Falun Gong in an unrelated thread.
minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd I’m saying it’s weird to try to shut down conversations about cults in a conversation about cults.
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·2 months agolol gatekeeping which cults we can talk about in a thread.
That’s cool and all, but this story is about Scientology.
If you haven’t escaped a cult you might not understand, but cults control their members in similar ways, and understanding how one operates will help you to avoid others.
Look up the BITE model
Hmm
The Chinese government hates Falun Gong, so if anybody has a pro-China bias, it’s the person agitating against Falun Gong in an unrelated thread.
And I’m saying it’s weird to try to shut down conversations about cults in a conversation about cults.
lol gatekeeping which cults we can talk about in a thread.