Everything he has ever had to say about David Mayo and his litigation with the church as one very obvious and immensely clear example.
His is a deliberately dishonest account and obviously intended to promote the view that hubbard was himself the victim of
unwarranted attacks from the
earlier independent movement ...
... when exactly the opposite is true.
Rathbun is very
'big' on attempts at discrediting the earlier independents, those who had the integrity to resist the Sea Org internal destruction of the community of scientologists, an integrity which he himself lacks. He has much to lose by the open and widespread acknowledgement that hubbard, miscavige, & even his lowly little servile self actively conspired to destroy the lives, families, and well being of thousands of scientologists.
Everything Rathbun has done so far has been to create the idea that HE is the real founder of the 'true independent movement' when the fact remains he was and remains a principle antagonist to those who had the personal integrity to disagree and resist the unethical management directives from hubbard & his associates, i.e. The Real Independents.
His reflects a fundamental dishonesty designed primarily to serve to promote his own personal interests. [That itself should remind you of someone whom Rathbun claims to admire.
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Moreover, you've been told this before and by others besides myself. Check with those freezone buddies of yours who actually knew & worked with David and other early independents. Many active freezoners, including those on your board, know Rathbun as the professional liar he is and regard those of you who believe his tales to be credulous fools.
Karen De La Carriere even called Rathbun out on his blog concerning his comments about Mayo. Her remarks resulted in shutting him up on the topic at that moment. Too much of his audience at the time were seen not to be applauding his story, so he stopped his active pushing of those lies for the moment but not his attempts to revise history.
Rathbun has been and remains a professional liar & thug. Deal with it. Don't just cozy up to people because they tell you what you want to hear. It may be 'nice' that he encourages people to leave the church now, but he still lies about hubbard, the church, the history of scientology, and the tech.
I know playing stupid comes naturally, but there should be limits; even for you.
Mark A. Baker
