Both 1 trick ponies, both of them.

Maybe Miscavige should go in for nicknames and slogans against his enemies.

MARA (Make America Read Again) might work for Applied Scholastics.

Some goofy nicknames for psychotropic drugs might garner some attention for their war on psychiatry; Zany Zoloft, Crummy Clozanil, Rancid Ritalin…don’t worry I’m not giving up my day job 🙂

Ok, so here’s my picture:

Miscavige and Lou – maybe not every nite but at least once a month, sitting together in a private screening room watching “The War Is Over”. This is a non-negotiable stipulation in their relationship!

Lou to Dave ,smiling at him tenderly while watching the video, “You were BIG”.

Dave, furiously: “I’m STILL big! Its the ORGS that got small!!”

A little anecdote:

Years ago I lived in Hawaii for 2 years. Waikiki. My friends and I were all servers (called “waitresses” back then). There was no other way to make a living in Hawaii back then other than doing something in the tourist industry. Even college professors were waiting on tables. Crazy scene, anyway… We were all from the mainland, running away from something, at least i know I was. we all worked in restaurants or clubs of some sort that catered to tourists, who were for the most part thrilled to be in Hawaii and generous tippers.

After work, circa 11PM or so we would visit each other at our various places of work. One of my friends was a cocktail waitress at Duke Kahanamoku’s, a popular restaurantant and night club in the International Market place on the main drag of Waikiki. A total tourist trap, included in every itinerary, the place was always packed…anyway, my friend worked there and made a fortune in tips…we would visit her and usually catch the tail end of the last show of the night. Dukes featured entertainer for ages was Don Ho. A big, mellow voiced Chinese/Hawaiian. His songs never varied in sequence and he always said the same things to the audience at the same times. The tail end of his act had 3 songs: “Little Brown Girl”, “Aloha” and lastly, his final song, “Tiny Bubbles”. The tourists loved him. They ate this up. Of course they were to be there once. It was part of their tourist itinerary. But the staff, ..OMG…as Mr. Ho wound down his act… Discreet eyerolls. He always, always, always pretended to hold back from singing “Tiny Bubbles”. Very coy, the same “schtick”,…”Oh, you don’t want to hear THAT”…and then the audience, thundering “YES WE DO!!” Holding back in his folksy way, having whipped them into a frenzy of hooting and hollering and stamping and shouting, “Tiny Bubbles!, Tiny Bubbles! “…he would sing,…”Tiny Bubbles”.

But the staff! The bartenders, servers, busboys…stone faced. You could tell they were enduring it, willing themselves to get thru another act, that was, had always been and would always be the exact same act. I would call it a kind of torture for them, listening to this never varying routine, 3 times a night, 15 to 18 times a week. (But we don’t have to feel sorry for them because they were making very good money working there.)

That said, speaking of feeling sorry for people:

If you’ve managed to get thru this hopefully not too boring story, here’s my point:

The War Is Over video is Miscavige’s “Tiny Bubbles”.

I believe it gives him great comfort and emotional support at the times he needs it most.

Yes, when Feminism began, it was for values and virtues that were not attained, i’m not disputing that fact, however in 2024, that movement is no longer necessary, or even required (as far as I can tell).

“…there are still significant and unjustifiable gender inequalities even when it comes to essentials like medical treatment…” like what? As far as I know, women have the exact same access to things, as men do. The same rights (actually they have more if you think about it a bit). (If we’re talking about the USA anyway). In the USA this movement shoulda ended a while ago. I know some other countries *still* have this inequality – granted.

The other community I mentioned is being extreme, and I am calling it out (both are actually), educating kids between 4 – 11, on (both) of them, is to me, extreme. Kids should be kids. It is to the degree that “adult” childrens’ books are in school libraries (there are videos of parents meeting school board to detest and advocate against all these). I call that pretty extreme.

I know, that as SCN we’re taught to “grant the others’ beingness” which isn’t a “bad” idea or thing – its just a paraphrase really of treat others how you want to be treated. But, no one on earth is “entitled” to anything (and this is what I see all too often).

I did have a certain respect, and such for the LGB+++ group, up until June 2023, when they basically killed all that I had for that group. I DO still hold some for the LBG (only), as they are too, not too happy with a lot of the “other” letters. People can be who and identify as they want, just don’t try to force me to “accept” this, or respect it – both are earned (universally pretty much). I do have one Trans that I do respect and honor, this is due to their behaviour, and also their demeanor (and also the fact that their wavelength, and emotions are indeed of what they identify). Many do not exhibit the characteristics of their “identity” which makes it very difficult for me to accept that “state”. Maybe I’m too strict, or “rigid” on that, I do have a bit of stubborness, so I myself, might have “extreme” outlooks or viewpoints, but I don’t expect anyone to see this “my way”. One can only express their views, nothing more.

“…One of the tactics of extremist movements — or the extremes of movements, or cults — is to paint the other as extreme, making faulty generalizations and misrepresentations.”

yes, and both I mentioned do exactly that (from what I have seen anyway – I know it isn’t ALL in those groups, but it is a quite a fair few (lot), that do).

I do see a bit of difference there, where SCN it’s EVERYONE (practically) doing the extreme movement ideologies, and us/them thing, the other two, it’s just a lot, but not ALL of them. However, it’s still both effective enough to have new rules, and laws, and grammar, and verbiage instituted officially into schools, and law. So, I’d still say these are both still pretty ‘extreme’.

sinjian, I wouldn’t put down movements based on their extremes – remember that when feminism began, a woman couldn’t open a bank account or get credit without a male relative’s permission, and there are still significant and unjustifiable gender inequalities even when it comes to essentials like medical treatment (and research). One of the tactics of extremist movements — or the extremes of movements, or cults — is to paint the other as extreme, making faulty generalizations and misrepresentations.

Imo we’re down to the last few twitches, my friend. 😀