When the winning case in Judge Waldrip's court was inexplicably "killed" by the Rathbuns, Marty had already been turned by Miscavige and OSA. Rathbun as much as confirmed it when he then raged at Tony Ortega for questioning his (Rathbun's own, very impure) motives in dropping the case.
I predict that, over time, Mark Rathbun's earlier, critical pronouncements against Miscavige and Scientology will find a suitable place alongside Hubbard's "crippled and blinded" claims that have long been excised from Scientology lore. Scientology could teach Kim Jun Un a thing or two about thought reform and historical revisionism.
But Rathbun's turnabout is truly staggering; not for the impact it might create on others (minimal to non-existent) but for the profoundly deep and destructive effect I see it having on Mark and his family.
I hope they'll someday recover, but I just don't see it for Mark.
Rathbun's cooperation in this long-term OSA project to discredit Scientology critics will not succeed for lack of trying, but for one very simple reason: There are multitudinous credible reports that document and corroborate Scientology's criminally abusive behavior, decade after decade after decade.
What particularly struck me while listening to Mark Rathbun was the realization that his
arguments, faulty logic, and demeanor were indistinguishable from those who engage in Holocaust Denial.
And there's no coming back from that. Ever.
We can resolve to continue to speak for the many, many thousands of victims of Hubbard and Miscavige, and we can support and influence legislation that willl end Scientology's abuses and provide justice for its victims. That's what we can and should do. And that will drive Miscavige and Marty even more nuts!
In the speculative scenario that has Marty/Miscavige plotting a long-game BLACK OP that would send Rathbun tumbling out into the world of Scientology critics/whistleblowers, in order to (eventually) "
tear them up" and cause them to be "
disbanded"--it's a fancy, yet fascinating deep-cover concept.
Knowing nothing about what happened behind closed doors between Rathbun & Miscavige, I'll just say that it would NOT BE OUT OF CHARACTER for Scientologists to behave in exactly that manner, with that strategy and with those treacherous tactics. I think there is even Hubbard "scripture" that uses those exact words ("
tear up", "
disband") when instructing Guardian's Office goons how to attack and "ruin utterly" the squirrel and SP groups that popped up. Didn't Hubbard have G.O. operatives going into squirrel meetings and shouting them down and otherwise acting like Heber on a bad acid trip? LOL
(focus Hoaxie, focus! lol): Back to the point now..............
HERE IS THE JOKE IN THIS SCENARIO: If it was true that Rathbun went "deep cover" to infiltrate the SCW cult (Squirrels, Critics & Whistleblowers), he would bring back rich troves of "intel", revealing WHO and WHAT the "enemy" was so they could be better targeted for fair game "disposal without remorse". That would be a good op, from a pathological cult's perspective, would it not?
(the joke, Hoaxie, the joke, get on with it dude or STFU!) Yeah, okay, the joke is that if they tried to pull off this type of long-con, it would (in effect) be their "FINAL SOLUTION" to the SP "problem" called the INTERNET. The punchline would be that all of their efforts (including Rathbun's alleged 8-9 year undercover operation) has spectacularly failed. It's not that it just failed to "STOP" the internet wildfires consuming COB, Hubbard and the COS----it's that Rathbun's op (if there was one) actually FANNED THE FLAMES OF THE INTERNET CONFLAGRATION AND THE WEB INFERNO INCINERATING ALL OF SCIENTOLOGY IS 100 MILLION TIMES WORSE NOW THAN IT WAS BEFORE THEY BEGAN HANDLING IT! LOL
Reminds me of a definition from the DB's Diabolical Dinky Dictionary:
HILL 11: A Hill 10 after Scientologists used Scientology to "handle" it.