Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
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LRH had deep disdain for the conventional educational system. Scientology abided by the idea that as long as you were on course, getting an education in Scientology, going to traditional school was not all that important.
Ela
"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant." - Robespierre
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critical thought is a bad thing; it indicates a criminal act.
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LRH described in Dianetics as providing an environment where no one—not even the doctors or nurses in the room—talks during the delivery.
Ela
And, as soon as Mr. Hubbard pops one out of his uterus, his comments will be taken into consideration. (ง'̀-'́)ง
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LRH explicitly called homosexuality a “perversion.” Then later, he put being gay on the Tone Scale as “Covert Hostility,” which registers at 1.1 on the scale of human emotions, which is considered by Scientologists to be a person avoided at all costs.)
Ela
As a gay person I cannot even begin to explain how devastated I am that L.R.H. finds me hostile. I just hope one day I can deal with the saddness of it all. 🙄😒