Re: Scientology Attacks Mental Health - aka Inmates running the Asylum
� Reality Check� �
Scientology�s irrational dislike of psychiatry is very old news.
They use various front organizations, such as the Citizens� Commission
on Human Rights (CCHR) to advance their position. On occasion, non-
Scientologist �experts� get involved.
In the case of the anti-psychiatry campaign, Thomas Szasz is a key
figure.
Szasz has close ties to the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI).
The CEI is nothing but an extension of the oil and tobacco industries.
Firms such as ExxonMobil have been known to pay six figure retainers
to CEI �experts� such as John Berlau, Myron Ebell, and Marlo Lewis
despite the fact that their expertise, such as it is, is in �spin� as
opposed to science.
Andrew Langer was with CEI; he left to join the National Federation of
Independent Businesses (NFIB) and he now heads the Institute for
Liberty (IFL).
Langer is a committed member of CEI�s camp. He has defended Berlau
against attacks on his pseudoscientific beliefs (e.g., that heating a
gas makes it heavier). Langer is also an outspoken opponent of free
speech.
Brooke Oberwetter is another �refugee� from CEI. Her current project,
DC Signal, claims to be a telecommunications policy consultancy. It is
not clear what that means; it is, however, clear that they play a role
in the propaganda attacks mounted by the opponents of psychiatry.
Berlau, despite his odd ideas, does not seem to lack supporters.
Another is Jacob Sullum, with Reason Magazine. Sullum, of course, is
known to be a paid consultant to the tobacco industry, so this is not
surprising.
Another contingent has an irrational hatred of those who seek to treat
adopted children with psychiatric problems.
Jean Mercer holds a Ph.D. in psychology, but she has never held a
professional license, that means she�s never treated a patient. She
has a blog sponsored by Psychology Today, but when people posted
comments on her blog asking about her background, she disabled the
comment feature. This is censorship, so typical of Scientology and the
�statist� ideology espoused by the likes of Berlau, Ebell, Lewis,
Langer, and Oberwetter.
Larry Sarner describes himself as an inventor. It is documented that
he at least attempted to invent a voting machine. It is also
documented that his machines did not work, resulting in significant
losses to the investors, a financial scandal, and bankruptcy
litigation. Sarner now spends his time promulgating quack theories on
mathematics and science and running a propaganda campaign against
qualified medical professionals.
Sarner�s wife, Linda Rosa, should know better. She is a nurse.
Nonetheless, instead of helping people, she has joined Sarner in his
hate campaign.
A frequent collaborator of Mercer, Sarner, and Rosa is Monica
Pignotti. Pignotti was a Scientologist. Pignotti, after leaving
Scientology, was also a practitioner of the bizarre disciplines of
Thought Field Therapy and Voice Technology. Pignotti spends a great
deal of time running her own hate and propaganda campaigns.
A disturbing theme uniting the campaigns of Sarner, Rosa, Mercer, and
Pignotti is the torture of children.
Finally, we have Charly D. Miller. Miller claims to be a retired
paramedic. Miller has plans, yet unrealized, to write travel guides
for the locations in the Harry Potter books.
Miller runs a website, with �opinion papers� that are often cited by
Sarner and Rosa; these papers have been described as �incisive� but
that must be a minority opinion!
Miller�s site changes frequently. No, not because she adds new
content, but because she tends to post copyrighted material. She will
not respond to polite requests for its removal, so copyright owners
have had to resort to legal means to force her to do so.
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> "somatic aura" <somatic.a...@gmail.com> wrote
>
> Scientology’s irrational dislike of psychiatry is very old news.
One thing that irritates me about fans of psychology is their use of
the term 'irrational' to describe opinions they disagree with.
'Rational' people are those who agree with you, and those who disagree
are 'irrational' and therefore mentally ill.
Scientology's dislike of psychiatry is quite rational, in that it
competes with psychiatry for gullible people who can be conned into
parting with their money.
Anyway, 'mental health' doesn't really exist, and is typically defined
as behavior that is convenient for the System. An autistic person who
rocks back and forth all day may seem 'mentally ill' to us because it
seems like a relatively useless and unproductive activity. But if the
same rocking back and forth was useful on a factory assembly line or
in an office cubicle, the behavior would be defined as 'mentally
hygienic' and those who didn't exhibit the behavior would be forcibly
drugged to induce it.
Lookout
<dan...@rocketmail.com> wrote:
>On Jun 25, 12:58�am, "� Reality Check� �" <real...@check.it> wrote:
>> "somatic aura" <somatic.a...@gmail.com> wrote
>>
>> Scientology�s irrational dislike of psychiatry is very old news.
>
>One thing that irritates me about fans of psychology is their use of
>the term 'irrational' to describe opinions they disagree with.
>'Rational' people are those who agree with you, and those who disagree
>are 'irrational' and therefore mentally ill.
I disagree. I don't think ALL fans of psychology misuse those terms.
You, on the other hand are trying to lump a very broad group of people
into one thought. YOU seem to have a problem.
>Scientology's dislike of psychiatry is quite rational, in that it
>competes with psychiatry for gullible people who can be conned into
>parting with their money.
Stupid assessment. Although I find little use for both I don't think
money is the root of it.
>Anyway, 'mental health' doesn't really exist, and is typically defined
>as behavior that is convenient for the System.
Nope, not at all. You really have no idea what you're talking about,
do you? OR do you have a long history with mental health professionals
and you feel you've been hurt?
>An autistic person who
>rocks back and forth all day may seem 'mentally ill' to us because it
>seems like a relatively useless and unproductive activity. But if the
>same rocking back and forth was useful on a factory assembly line or
>in an office cubicle, the behavior would be defined as 'mentally
>hygienic' and those who didn't exhibit the behavior would be forcibly
>drugged to induce it.
And you have no understanding of autism. What a surprise.