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Scientologists: They think for themselves!
I guess they all think for themselves that they should ignore, look away and not answer when someone on the sidewalk asks them if they saw Shelly Miscavige.
What a clown spectacle--all Scientologists being so painstakingly indoctrinated that not even ONE (1) dares to look or say a word to a person talking to them.
Imagine, for a moment, you are an adult and someone tells you who you can talk to or not talk to. Like a parent warning their 5 year old not to talk to strangers that might try to kidnap and kill them. Yeah, Scientology is that stupid.
Scientology is manipulative and evil.
It's us who was stupid !
This gets to the issue of the erosion of critical thinking that Scientology produces.Having been stupid isn't what I would hold against anyone - after all, we all were once born stupid. What makes me sad, are the people who actively and deliberately want to remain stupid, although they could and should know better by now - and that statement isn't limited to (Ex-)Scientologists.
Great job. Thanks for the vid.
I was thinking about going....but didn't.
It would have been fun....
I could have videoed you ....and you could have take a shot of two of me...??
As a solo protester....it is hard to document oneself...protesting...except for the voice..
(not that that has anything to do with it....)
In the vid....I don't see any smiling faces....
Did you have any signs?
Interesting that people appeared to be arriving in groups...bunches of 20 or so in early parts of the clip...then two bus loads....I counted
about 100 before the buses arrived...then, figuring about 50 per bus, another 100...total of about 200. I wonder where the buses were
coming from...were they hotel shuttles?
You've heard of what a selfie is, right?
You could hold the video camera out in front of you and shoot.
Or you could put it on a tripod and do a self video that way.
Or you could pretend to be a tourist visiting Clearwater and ask one of the scilons to help you out by holding your camera for you. Oh, I forgot. Their help button isn't flattened.
Pretty sure, 100% of those coming off the buses are all Sea Org staff.....that all live at various building around Clearwater..... AND...are required to dress up...and attend the event.
I had always assumed...the female Staff.....did like dressing up in formal gowns for such events...I am sure it is a break from the regular day to day routine for them....even if still a cult event...Most of the SO staff....would not own a car....hence..the buses.
I've only protested 3 or 4 times.....and fumbled with the camera, quite frequently. Trying to hold a couple protest signs....and take video....just isn't optimal....
I didn't even know my iPhone could take a video....on 2 early protests....and missed a Clearwater rent a cop Policeman.....yelling at me ....and threatening to arrest me....
WoW.....he was REALLY going off on me.....and that too rattled me a bit....
It would have been great to have another person....just taping it.
I also missed what would have been great shots of 10 or 12 "Security" trying to surround me, and hide my signs with lots of opened umbrellas....And later a police intervention.....due to one of my signs getting caught in an umbrella....and when I pulled on my sign...to unhook it.....the entire cover of the umbrella got ripped off.
That would have been great to vid at a distance....to capture the true mob of security...and how they acted.
The Clearwater Police threaten to arrest me then also......if I did not just walk away, and leave.
Clearly a violation of my rights...