But, but ... where is the fun in that Gaddy?
I'm ever so sorry but, for me, actually being a scientologist involved quite enough madness for one lifetime and now that I'm free I'm not going to waste my time trying to differentiate between levels of insanity with the bloody Indies!
Every last one of them is a BT hunting, tubs loving nutter (well, apart from a couple).
Well, even when I was "in", I NEVER considered or called myself a "Scientologist". My "madness" was always tempered by the fact that I DID "differentiate" at every step along the way. I never became any sort of dedicated card-carrying fanatical Scio-weenie. Maybe you did? I don't know, but that is what you imply.
I can understand that those people who DID become true dedicated Faithful Followers of Ron might now react heavily in the OPPOSITE direction. I see that here on ESMB. Often the people who were the most silly
while in Scientology, who donated LOTS of money, who contributed LOTS of time, who really bought into the whole Scientology paradigm, now at times can be exceptionally silly here on ESMB as a "critic".
I was never the type who liked being a part of some big movement or group, and I never liked "going all the way" with ANYTHING. I have always tended towards
moderation, and a careful detailed look at ANYTHING, with
differentiation, usually leaves me "undecided", or at least NOT "gung-ho".
I look at people with a suspicious eye who say things like:
"Every last one of them is a BT hunting, tubs loving nutter".
It is, to me, too severe and too extreme, in the opposite way, but just like a typical card-carrying over-indoctrinated Scientologist. It is the SAME mentality, but aimed differently. I mean, you can take a person with tendencies towards fanaticism and put the in ANY environment of beliefs, and they will go "all the way".
True Believers can be FOR or AGAINST.
OK, if you say so. I don't react or really care that you say it. Whatever. But, to me it seems more aimed at "creating an effect" (which is exactly what the well-trained Scientologist also does).
I never went for wide-sweeping generalities, not when involved with Scientology and not while now far out.
See, while I did enjoy auditing, I quickly noticed too many weird and unwanted behaviors by the Scientology organization and by various "gung-ho" members. I never could slip into the "valence" or "beingness" of a "dedicated Scientologist". It was my ability to differentiate that allowed me to "keep my distance" from the lunacy.
Again, I reiterate, and you are free to disagree with more generalities that attack differentiation:
Differentiate. It is good for the human conceptual thinking processes.
ANY person does his or herself a disservice by failing or refusing to do so.
But, I understand, it can be
fun to ratchet up the drama and toss out all-inclusive generalities to "create some effect".