clamicide
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Several responses.
First, I never heard that while I was in.
Second, while I've heard of that on ESMB since I've been out, it has been far from universal.
Third, and most importantly, so what? Some authority figure tells one that one must disconnect from one's parents for their own good, to bring them "to their senses," and one... accepts that?
Some authority figure tells one that one must disconnect from one's spouse for their own good, to bring them "to their senses," and one... accepts that?
Some authority figure tells one that one must disconnect from one's child for their own good, to bring them "to their senses," and one... accepts that?
And because the authority figure told the disconnecting adult child, spouse, or parent that it was for the good of the disconctee, to bring the disconectee to their senses, the disconnecting adult child, spouse, or parent bears no responsibility?
After all, they were told that it was for the best, for the good of the disconectee.
It is not like they were the adult child told to disconnect from his parents for their own good, so they come to their senses, the adult spouse told to disconnect from his spouse for her own good, so she comes to her senses, the adult parent told to disconnect from his child, for his own good, might want to, indeed might have a responsibility to, make up their own mind as a responsible adult.
and yet this stuff happened all the time, and folks argue that "thought reform" doesn't really exist and that anyone should be able to just say no to doing insane crap.
Some days when I read this forum, I feel that those folks who dedicated their lives to showing how evil cults can be fucking wasted breath.... those of us who were human and did inhuman things do feel regret, but lately I seem to be reading that we were fucking assholes in the first place.
Sorry, those of you who espouse this don't really have a fucking clue about cults.