So many cults have been popping up in my social circles, among really smart and emotionally mature people I know, what the hell is happening? Have cults always been going on this strong or is there something new in the water?
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Replying to @Aella_Girl
Wait really? I'm in the market for a cult to join, can you drop a link real quick?
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Replying to @BirdOfPlay_
The thing I've learned is that it's very often not obvious from the outside that a cult is a cult
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Replying to @Aella_Girl
Sure, but without specific objections to specific practices, it can become an awfully convenient label to throw around. The Branch Davidians had what I would see as some pretty f'd up beliefs and practices. But was the real tragedy that, or gov decision to go in guns blazing?
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Replying to @BirdOfPlay_
I've been pretty hesitant to call things cults, as I'm very open and often really love communities that fuck around with norms and look real weird. I'm not using the term lightly here - 3/4 of the cults I know of have ppl who reported getting serious trauma from the experiences
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Replying to @Aella_Girl
I participate in some of these communities. How do I confirm that I’m not in a cult?
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Replying to @cjflog
Do you feel pressure against voicing concerns with leaders or objecting to what other ppl in the group believe? Do you feel your own way of viewing things suppressed? Do the groups have negative stories associated with ppl who leave the group or disagree? Do you feel insane or
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Confused when you run into conflicts? Do you feel like you can't trust yourself, that you have strong feelings but when you talk to others in the group suddenly everything is murky and you feel silly for having had those feelings?
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Replying to @Aella_Girl
Perfect! I’m totally safe I just hang with weird hippie artist folks
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