This exchange does come across as a kind of "PR handling" as opposed to an honest discussion. I believe Karen1 pointed out that some of these Mods are former staff and there are a number of well known critics on one of the Mod's FB Friends list. This includes Chris Shelton. I would like to be able to say that these people are feral Scientologists who have never been domesticated under the authoritarian thumb of the church but if they have been on staff and know enough to be in contact with Karen and Chris then they cannot be naive to the abuses. My guess is that they are walking a fine line between bringing down the iron fist of the church upon themselves or turning people off vs trying to get people involved with the Independent movement.
It does appear OSAish, but whereas OSA wants to create a positive PR world for the COS, these people appear to be trying to create a positive PR world for people to go to them instead of the COS.
At some point diplomacy has to develop between the various groups who oppose the COS or DM and OSA will benefit from a divide and conquer strategy. I don't know enough about the Indie movement to have a strong opinion but I do trust Karen and Chris so for the interim I personally would respect their lead.
If this was an Indie thread - they have a weird way of promoting their Indie movement. Seems like Holdingcorners is promoting the Church of Scientology and Indie's are allowed to be the MODS.
I don't understand the purpose of this at all.
The thread died so who cares now.
Goal accomplished. Suppressing Dissemination.
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