Are y'all watching this thing? It's fucking killing me. This show's anecdotal focus on the ways in which Scientology methodically and intentionally rips people's lives and families apart is crucial. I really hope Remini keeps up this crusade and that more people break off from the church and join the fight.
Beyond all of that, though, lots of revelations I hadn't heard about before. Like the fact that many of the fancy Scientology centers they build wind up being pretty much unused, and that many of the people in the audience at their massive rallies are paid extras. Such a massive scam all the way down.
― Dr. Shitfuck (Old Lunch), Friday, 6 January 2017 14:09 (seven years ago) link
my husband is obsessed with this show and it's destroying me. so hard to watch.
― horseshoe, Friday, 6 January 2017 16:18 (seven years ago) link
i miss leah remini, though. i always get the urge to binge watch the season of saved by the bell she was on while he's watching it.
― horseshoe, Friday, 6 January 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
She was great as Carla's daughter in Cheers.
― It's called, "giving a shit". (stevie), Friday, 6 January 2017 16:39 (seven years ago) link
scientology is the north korea of religions and it blows my mind that anyone would subscribe to it
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 6 January 2017 17:41 (seven years ago) link
just heard that greta van susteren is off fox news. it kind of weirds me out when scientologists have opinions on anything beyond psychiatry being a conspiracy or w/e.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 6 January 2017 21:30 (seven years ago) link
she starts on msnbc next week
― Clay, Friday, 6 January 2017 21:48 (seven years ago) link
Just as an aside, the Oh No, Ross & Carrie podcast finally got around to their scientology episode. There's eight parts and it's basically the Citizen Kane of cult investigation - it starts with them taking the personality tests and loops up into the crazy auditing, constant pressure to take classes, the big parties, fear, insanity, and Xemu. The series ends when scientology finally figures out who they are and throws them out - on direct orders from Miscavige himself.
It starts here: http://ohnopodcast.com/investigations/2016/2/1/ross-and-carrie-audit-scientology-part-1-going-preclear
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 13 January 2017 11:47 (seven years ago) link
watched the first 45 minutes of the Leah Remini thing, felt very light on interesting stuff and very heavy on segments where Leah states the importance of what they are doing. like, I'm already watching this show, you don't have to convince me. show, not tell. half the special was just promoting its own existence.
it's probably interesting for people really into the celebrity scientology thing but w only a casual interest in the subject i was super bored
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 14 January 2017 00:05 (seven years ago) link
Most interesting thing Will Smith has done in 25 years:
http://www.showbiz411.com/2017/01/17/exclusive-will-smith-and-jada-pinkett-150000-nation-of-islam-2015-donation-verified
― who even are those other cats (Eazy), Monday, 6 February 2017 22:59 (seven years ago) link
xpost Bruh, I think you watched the wrap-up thing. There was a whole Remini series, not just a special.
― Transformed From The Norm By The Nuclear Goop (Old Lunch), Monday, 6 February 2017 23:15 (seven years ago) link
Louis Theroux’s Scientology Movie is on BBC2 tonight.
― nate woolls, Sunday, 5 November 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
So that dude from That 70s Show was a real wrong 'un, then.
― "Taste's very strange!" (stevie), Monday, 6 November 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
needs more classes
― President Keyes, Monday, 6 November 2017 18:08 (six years ago) link
Thetan trouble.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Monday, 6 November 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
Louis' Scientology movie sucks. Not even worth watching.
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 6 November 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I was really disappointed by it, think it might be the worst thing he's ever done.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 6 November 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
thirded, total trash
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 6 November 2017 21:05 (six years ago) link
huge misfire.
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 12:52 (six years ago) link
it just regurgitates info that's already out there for anyone who's watched/read going clear or any of the other many articles/docs about what they do.
the only good bit was the weird paz de la huerta cameo.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 13:09 (six years ago) link
I thought the Miscavige guy was a real find
― Number None, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
The whole thing of them trying to cast people to recreate the information films is so pointless. It goes on for ages and doesn't illuminate anything.
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
i think they were hoping for a scientologist infiltrator but it didn't happen
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Thursday, 9 November 2017 11:10 (six years ago) link
well, louis got absolutely no access, so had to build the film from nothing.and at times it really felt like it.you knew things were desperate when he made such a big point over the fact that he could not stand on the road that the church folks insisted was theirs, and it wasn't (as per the last credit in the film).i have seen more interesting stuff happen between neighbours in my little town.
― mark e, Thursday, 9 November 2017 12:56 (six years ago) link
The music in the "Going Clear" film is... not good. "I didn't realise it but I was severly depressed!" *sad theremin*
― what if bod was one of us (ledge), Sunday, 21 April 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
I've been watching the Leah Remini Scientology series (which is now on Netflix). Scientology is such a distillation of everything wrong with America. The overly-legalistic justifications for their behavior. The ludicrous billion-year contracts. The pyramid scheme bullshit going on at every level - buying and then being forced to hawk the stupid books and DVDs in order to progress. The easily-unverified grandiose claims. You get a reminder of those at every commercial break as they show the ridiculous legal disclaimers ("The Church Of Scientology disputes the credibility of those appearing on the program") that I assume Scientology forced them to display.
― DJI, Thursday, 17 December 2020 03:52 (three years ago) link
On Sunday we posted a document from a source who claimed it was proof that in recent years #Scientology ran a widespread scam to bury members in credit card debt, calling it the 'Chase Wave.' Now 2 recent defectors come forward, on the record, to confirm they were swept up in it.— Tony Ortega (@TonyOrtega94) November 16, 2021
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
Who better to contribute to talk about the subject than a new king of sketchiness, mysteriously returned to Twitter after half a year away?
Here’s the intro to my piece about Scientology which comes out tomorrow. If you want to read it first and support my work, click the link below to subscribe.https://t.co/BmSiwi9WTj pic.twitter.com/ZyzC62lUDm— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 27, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 January 2022 05:14 (two years ago) link
So this is happening
https://www.insider.com/danny-mastersons-trial-in-one-of-biggest-in-scientology-history-2022-10
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 29 October 2022 19:18 (one year ago) link
So weird
https://tonyortega.substack.com/p/shelly-miscavige-more-about-the-place
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 February 2024 14:17 (two months ago) link
You need to be an LA Times subscriber to read it but none of this is surprising.
Submitted in a downtown Los Angeles court as part of a years-old civil lawsuit against Scientology, the document referenced a purported effort by the church to “derail” the criminal proceedings against Masterson.“Defendants and their agents engaged in a campaign of harassment and intimidation directed at one of the prosecutors assigned to Defendant Masterson’s trial,” the declaration from civil attorney Simon Leen read. “That prosecutor’s home and car windows were broken, the prosecutor’s home electronics were tampered with, and Defendants’ agents surveilled the prosecutor....But it was not the first time the church was quietly — and publicly — accused of attempting to interfere in Masterson’s years-long legal saga.In a speech last fall, L.A. County Deputy Dist. Atty. Reinhold Mueller delivered remarks that contained allegations nearly identical to those from the lawsuit, according to a video reviewed by The Times.In the speech, given after he received an award for his work on the Masterson case, Mueller told hundreds of colleagues, including former Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey, about a pattern of disturbing incidents he allegedly experienced in late 2022, ahead of the sitcom star’s first trial.Mueller said he was “run off the road” and that his home was vandalized, according to the video. He also said that cellular and internet service had been inexplicably knocked out at his residence.LAPD detectives on the case were also “stalked,” Mueller said in the video, and had their “photographs taken while they were off-duty.”
“Defendants and their agents engaged in a campaign of harassment and intimidation directed at one of the prosecutors assigned to Defendant Masterson’s trial,” the declaration from civil attorney Simon Leen read. “That prosecutor’s home and car windows were broken, the prosecutor’s home electronics were tampered with, and Defendants’ agents surveilled the prosecutor....
But it was not the first time the church was quietly — and publicly — accused of attempting to interfere in Masterson’s years-long legal saga.
In a speech last fall, L.A. County Deputy Dist. Atty. Reinhold Mueller delivered remarks that contained allegations nearly identical to those from the lawsuit, according to a video reviewed by The Times.
In the speech, given after he received an award for his work on the Masterson case, Mueller told hundreds of colleagues, including former Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey, about a pattern of disturbing incidents he allegedly experienced in late 2022, ahead of the sitcom star’s first trial.
Mueller said he was “run off the road” and that his home was vandalized, according to the video. He also said that cellular and internet service had been inexplicably knocked out at his residence.
LAPD detectives on the case were also “stalked,” Mueller said in the video, and had their “photographs taken while they were off-duty.”
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 April 2024 18:21 (one month ago) link
at my former house, there was an unassuming-looking guy who lived across the street with his wife. my understanding is he was a former scientology member. this guy was just an HVAC repair guy, driving an old blue van, living in a very basic gray stucco duplex probably about 700 sq ft in size. he would have scientology foot soldiers coming by once per week, knocking on his door, peering in his windows, walking around the back trying to see if he was around. a couple times he answered the door and reluctantly (or so it appeared) let them in. they'd always show up in teams of two or three. it was one of those really creepy glimpses into their endeavors, like if they'd devote that much time to one random guy how much effort would they put into more important figures?
― omar little, Thursday, 4 April 2024 19:10 (one month ago) link
knowing what we know now, it's just insane to me that anyone would voluntarily join this 'church'
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 4 April 2024 19:19 (one month ago) link