And here is the nice fellow:
Old farts will remember the use and abuse of the word back when cults were the #1 enemy of the US. And grant you, we had some really shitty ones like the Jim Jones’ Socialists People’s Temple with the mass suicides and murders in Guyana, but for the most part, lots of groups tagged with the cult brand were just regular folks who differed in their way of praying from what was accepted by the DotGov and other members of society. There were stories about people in these cults, usually from well-to-do families, that were forcefully rescued (kidnapped) by hired hands and taken to Deprogrammers who through different techniques (Room 101 anyone?) would “delete” the teachings of the Cult and make them members of normal society again.
The first thing you have to understand abut deprogramming is that the intended target will be confined against his/her wishes. Individual rights need to be expunged to “heal you” but don’t worry: You are sick and they know better. Freedom is a luxury.
Deprogramming does not work without heavy coercion. Your freedom of movement is eliminated, your right top speak freely is prohibited. You will be subjected to interrogation and confrontations because you may worship differently. You have no rights so do not claim them. You are there to be broken down and “rebuilt.”
Now, all I just mentioned was done by private individuals paid by worried families who thought their loved one was going to start chugging Kool Aid with cyanide. Some less-than scrupulous people preyed on those fears and committed all kinds of crimes, federal and state, in order to cash big time under the banner of “saving people from cults.” I seem to vaguely recall a case of two where people were prosecuted for doing the deprogramming thing, but I do not remember specifics.
So that is what you can expect from deprogramming as the asshole above suggests. And there is always the old example of ultimate deprogramming when the Democrats are in the White House.
Sure as hell those Branch Davidians got cured! Right?
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