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Subject: Scientology hostility and hatred
Answered by: Irmgard
Asked By: FredricRice

FredricRice asked this question on 5/3/2000:

I've asked quite a few questions of the Scientology experts here at AskMe.COM. Out of the good answers I've received from desertphile and honorarykid, I've also received a _lot_ hatred from the Scientologists who are inside of the organization.

What's interesting is that asking Scientologists questions about Scientology results in such hatred, anger, and resentment. But what's more, rather than answer the questions, the Scientologists have attacked me personally, claiming I'm a pedophile and have had sex with dogs. And this is from Scientology's representitive spokespeople, no less.

Is there a policy or something that dictates these hate-filled responses that I've been getting from the Scientologists?

Irmgard gave this response on 5/4/2000:

Yes, there is a Scientology text titled "The Anti-Social Personality - The Anti-Scientologist"

In this text, there is the relation described between anti-social people and people who are against Scientology - the text leads rhetorically very adroitly to the conclusion, that's the same group of people - and of course, these people are the enemies of all good guys (it is assumed that the reader (a Scientologist, of course) is a good guy, with which probably most people will agree).

These enemies of every civilization are, according to the text, guilty of every minor or major crime (some, the text says, are very clever and hide their crimes, so they might appear as normal people) - and the same people are also the enemies of Scientology.

Of course, there is also the reverse conclusion: enemies of Scientology are criminals - and, in other texts it is said that every enemy of Scientology has committed crimes, either openly or hidden (which means you'll sure find these crimes if you investigate - which is the duty of the Scientology public relations department).

These theories are undisputed within Scientology: if someone is a convinced opponent of Scientology, every Scientologist knows for sure that he is also a criminal and is, with this mindset, of course prone to accept without question anything bad said about that person - it's just another prove that Scientology is right. And, of course, it is the duty of every Scientologist (and expecially the department of public relations)to broadcast such a "truth" in any way possible.

Things go even further: if an opponent of Scientology belongs to any group, he is personally accused of any crime or discrediting act someone connected with this group has committed an some time. Let's say the guy is in a chess-player club and some member in that club has molested women at his job - Scientologists will say, that their opponent is connected with a women-molestor and probably himself one.

That's how Scientologists do actually think about their opponents - I know that I also thought like this while in Scientology, I also believed such things without asking questions.

It has taken me years after leaving Scientology to analyze and get the better of the prejudices against persons and groups I was systematically taught while in Scientology. That does not mean, that I think now that every man or group on the other side is a saint - but today I regained my ability to ask questions and get information before believing any judgment.

Irmgard

P.S. As a demonstration of the above: If you follow discussions with Scientology, you'll discover that most of their counter-arguments against critique are a) it is a lie or b) the one who said it is a bad person

FredricRice rated this answer a 5.

I think I was given a reference to an HCOB that covered this "anti-social" policy. So this policy that you're reviewing means that Scientologists are told to believe that anyone who asks questions about Scientology or covers aspects of Scientology that are in conflict with what the organizaion's management says is ipso facto "anti-social."

What an amazingly audacious assumption on Scientology's part.

Thanks,I hadn't known about this.

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