Cult Deprogrammer Breaks Down Cults In Movies & TV | Vanity Fair

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  @generalkenobi5533 · 4 years ago

  Since 1982, jeez. You've gotta have a special level of faith in the resilience of humanity to not go completely insane after four decades of dealing with stuff like this.

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  @billyalarie929 · 4 years ago

  i've always found it intensely ironic that Elizabeth Moss, a scientologist, is the lead in The Handmaid's Tale.

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  @blondieofusa · 4 years ago

  These professional jobs are getting weirder and weirder and I'm loving every video that comes out.

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  @Collsy100 · 4 years ago

  This was a great explanation for the Midsommar crying scene. It's like they're faking empathy so they can keep her emotional spiraling contained. They can also make sure that she'll only be directing her anger at her boyfriend when she calms down. They aren't taking her seriously- they're manipulating her on the fly since she wasn't supposed to see what was going on in there. Talk about good crisis management skills.

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  @1981cvalentine · 4 years ago

  I finally escaped the cult I was raised in, and it was a horrifying experience to go through alone without anybody. I’m glad there are people like him to help people like me at their most vulnerable

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  @gracegreen1828 · 4 years ago

  I was born into a cult and was a member until I was 22 when I left with my husband 6 years ago. Let me tell you that every word this guy said is scary accurate. We were taught to hate and fear deprogammers like him and that made it feel really strange to watch this and agree with him. If you think it can't happen to you... it can. Please beware

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• KA

  @Kaizoku9791 · 4 years ago

  Hank Hill: &quot;Excuse me, are y&apos;all with the cult?&quot;<br><br>Female cult member: &quot;We&apos;re not a cult. We&apos;re an organization that promotes love and--&quot;<br><br>Hank Hill: &quot;Yeah, this is it.&quot;

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  @Celestein · 3 years ago

  MLM companies use similar tactics as cult recruiters; preying on vulnerable unemployed, stressed or lonely people with promises of building an amazing life with money and rewards. Years ago, I got tricked into a &apos;group interview&apos; for Cutco and to this day it remains one of the most surreal, creepy social experiences I&apos;ve ever had. They had us literally chanting and doing weird psychological tests over selling kitchen knife kits.

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  @kd8663 · 4 years ago

  This is great. I was a child in a cult and my family left in 2002. There&apos;s a lot of misinformation and Hollywood tropes around cults, which I think gets in the way of people realizing when they&apos;re in one. They may see their situation and think &apos;well it&apos;s not Satan worship or overt abuse, so it&apos;s not a cult.&apos; Is good for the public to be educated on it.

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• BR

  @BruhWasTaken3141 · 4 years ago

  “I help people escape cults”<br>All I needed to hear to know this guy is a hero

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  @cuttingbored4195 · 4 years ago

  This really shows the insidious danger of cults - that it&apos;s not only &apos;stupid&apos; or &apos;irrational&apos; people that fall prey to them. Cults prey on our humanity - our need for belonging, our capacity for cognitive dissonance, our love of patterns, our devotion to the greater good. The cult leader isn&apos;t a psychological genius, but seems to be able to manipulate these basic human needs and emotions.

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  @iveguy · 3 years ago

  The &quot;empathy&quot; scene in Midsommar always reminds me of the scene in The Silence of the Lambs when the girl in the well screams and Buffalo Bill mocks her screaming along with her.

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