Opening Minds

Let's all open our eyes to the ways in which manipulation affects us and our loved ones.

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@cher So sorry for your loss. I also just lost my mom. I wrote this song for her. Songwriter to songwriter, I hope it brings you comfort ❤️. https://t.co/TpbINCEY8f

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https://t.co/0IeEBjDtEg Putin's advisor Alexander Dugin wants to reclaim Russia's empire through conquest. He hates science and technology and longs for the time of Ivan the Terrible. Yet the Russians celebrate and support him. A discussion with Joe Szimhart.

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See some of the origins of the ideology that drove the #BuffaloMassacre in this interview with Kelvin Pierce, son of Turner Diaries author William Pierce.

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In this week's video, Spike joins Jon to break down a seminal model of thought control - Robert Jay Lifton's classic "eight deadly sins" - a list of behaviors and tactics used by authoritarian groups and abusive predators to gain control.
https://t.co/rnGWjH4iLO

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Sam Caven-Atack is doing some amazing things, both in art and music. Share and enjoy.

here's the music:
https://t.co/LKCFxOluRj

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there are many forms of authoritarian relationship - from the reverence given to a dictator to submission to an intimate partner. Documentarian and actor Hoyt Richards talks with Jon about the intricacies of these relationships.

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The journalism society of Eton College invited Jon to give a full and frank talk on the perils of investigating scientology. He was more than happy to oblige.

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@Brownskinned06 Yes I know plenty who haven’t, myself and most of my family included.

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@jesflres Yes- me, my husband, my mom, my sister.

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@CultExpert So sorry to hear this! Wrap up warm and take care!

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@FadetoEx One can also make videos with budgies - just make sure they squawk LOUDLY at exactly the wrong time.

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@M_Hella Anybody else here ever read the book it was based on? Called “Make Room, Make Room” and set in the distant future year 1999.

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@MBDigital001 @AmyVernon @M_Hella Fun fact: the book on which it was based set the year at 1999.

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Jeffrey talks with Jon about why there are so many suicides in Scientology and why so many Scientologists - even high-level Scientologists - die before their time, often from curable diseases.

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Spike has learned to make whiteboard videos, and Jon's first request was to make a whiteboard on our human predator list.
https://t.co/xGB1GOft3W

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Jon and Karen talk about Scientology's core doctrine of "implants" and their procedures to exorcize attached "body thetans" from a person - at a cost of thousands of dollars.
https://t.co/fVND26hvV8

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author and cult expert Mark Laxer talks with Jon about cult education. Mark talks about his travels to Indonesia and the notion that some people are 'chaots' - and accept chaos - but many are 'certs' - and demand certainty.
https://t.co/M31Ep0qhcZ

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Monia’s got Spike watching the #gilmoregirls, and is there a lot to rant about! triangulation, emotional manipulation, gaslighting, and even an authoritarian town selectman who feels it's his duty to legislate people’s' relationships. Check it out: https://t.co/YEB2t747cL

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@BraddrofliT I actually scribbled our local time, weather, & temperature number next to a pay phone ( remember those?) with the comment “for a good time call.”

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@bbqtexican It might be enjoyable to watch, especially when it’s in response to sociopathic behavior, but, really, isn’t that just lowering oneself to the level of the person exhibiting the sociopathic behavior? After all, such behavior stems from a lack of empathy.