I've spent a lot of my life studying cults. I was born in one, we escaped when I was very young. We witnessed mass denial, magical thinking, abuse, violence.
And I just want to say for the record there is a cult gathering happening in Tulsa today.
And I just want to say for the record there is a cult gathering happening in Tulsa today.
The people saying they'd "rather die" than question the leader, the people attacking anyone who disagrees with the leader, expelling them like heretics, people lost in a bubble of misinformation which they'll defend violently.
Let's just say it's all very...familiar.
Let's just say it's all very...familiar.
The thing about cults is the damage is as often emotional as physical. As kids we were separated from our parents and put in an orphanage.
For those asking here is an excerpt from my book published last month in Time Magazine.
It's called Hollywood Park.
time.com/5838998/mikel-…
For those asking here is an excerpt from my book published last month in Time Magazine.
It's called Hollywood Park.
time.com/5838998/mikel-…
I just want to say something very clearly:
Many people at the Trump rally today will die. Even more of their vulnerable family members will die. Those are the cold hard facts of this disease.
They DO NOT DESERVE to die. They have been LIED TO. This is a disaster for everyone.
Many people at the Trump rally today will die. Even more of their vulnerable family members will die. Those are the cold hard facts of this disease.
They DO NOT DESERVE to die. They have been LIED TO. This is a disaster for everyone.
The issue is that the rally itself is life-threatening, according to disease experts everywhere.
To risk dying -- to deny basic facts of science, of sanitation -- in order to support a leader who wants you to listen to HIM instead...that's a cult.
To risk dying -- to deny basic facts of science, of sanitation -- in order to support a leader who wants you to listen to HIM instead...that's a cult.
https://twitter.com/sugarplumhsmom/status/1274384737809948672?s=20
We escaped penniless and lived on the run. We weren’t allowed outside when we left bc we were told “the bad men” were going to hurt us.
The thing about cults is logic goes out the window. As does empathy and allegiance to anything but the cult itself.
datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/putting-…
The thing about cults is logic goes out the window. As does empathy and allegiance to anything but the cult itself.
datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/putting-…
In case you’re wondering if this is truly a life-threatening event, *6* of Trump’s advance staff for tonight’s event in Tulsa have now tested positive for covid-19.
Trump did not cancel the event.
cnn.com/2020/06/20/pol…
Trump did not cancel the event.
cnn.com/2020/06/20/pol…
Rejection of reality in deference to the leader, check.
The threat of violence, check.
Information control, check.
Casting out of heretics, check.
The willingness to subject oneself to harm to prove one's allegiance, check.
This is a cult gathering.
The threat of violence, check.
Information control, check.
Casting out of heretics, check.
The willingness to subject oneself to harm to prove one's allegiance, check.
This is a cult gathering.
https://twitter.com/beth_doc/status/1274364189038071812?s=20
From the O Magazine review of Hollywood Park:
"Mikel Jollett’s Hollywood Park charts the musician’s odyssey from early childhood in Synanon, a California cult, to backwoods poverty to Stanford.
A Gen X This Boy’s Life. Hollywood Park is a triumph."
oprahmag.com/entertainment/…
"Mikel Jollett’s Hollywood Park charts the musician’s odyssey from early childhood in Synanon, a California cult, to backwoods poverty to Stanford.
A Gen X This Boy’s Life. Hollywood Park is a triumph."
oprahmag.com/entertainment/…
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