I know what you did last Saturday!
I know this is going to totally add to my DA pack over at OSA HQ CIC or whatever stupid name they call it Now why would a church have a Combat Information Center Anyway?
Well, a few weeks ago I was in Washington DC to attend the inauguration of our new President. On Saturday, January 10th I bugged out for a short time, and went to the DC Anon protest over at the so-called founding church of Scientology.
It was a smallish protest, only about nine or so people. I introduced myself and told them where I was from. (referring to my notes) It was cold, in the teens and a fitful wind was blowing. I didn’t attempt to hide my identity or any of that stuff. I figured if Scientology was paranoid enough to even care that I was talking to protesters, so be it.
And I chatted, with most of them. They were much like the folks in Clearwater. Very young, rather idealistic a bit geeky. They were very curious about the conditions in Clearwater. How the Sea Org were different than the public Scientologists that walked in and out of this place.How they reacted to protesters.
And people were coming and going from the Org, about one every five minutes or so. It seemed to me to be more or less the same people though. They had webcams taped to the awnings but one of the Anons pointed out that they were not connected. Apparently the police “asked “ them to stop filming passerbys on a public street.
As for the police, we did see a few but they merely walked by, not at all like the off-duty guys the Flag people keep hiring.
Hardly any of the Scientology members spoke to us. Some were challenged by the Anons, “hey, what do you think about working for 39 cents an hour?” yelled one of the kids. None of of the Scientology members paid attention to that.
One lady pulled up with a bunch of luggage, “did you hear about your buddy getting arrested for hate crimes in New York?” Coincidentally we had just been discussing “agent pubic.” Some New York Anon smeared himself with Vaseline and “body hair,” then ran around the New York Scientology offices smearing the goop on books and people. It was kind of childish I though and I pretty much told the DC Anons I thought so. I’d be pretty hard pressed to call this a hate crime though. Very much a prank– sophomoric. one that I’m afraid the people involved are going to pay dearly for. But hate crimes? Hah!
Anyway, the lady turned out to be a well known member who had been out talking with the Anons before. Her name was Cynthia I think . She was really the only person who spoke to the Anons, one lady demanded to know what people had against Scientology (a church don’t cha know) but scurried away when some of the Anons started telling her. All in all it was quite peaceful and interesting.
I wandered back towards the Mall after a while, I ducked into a Metro train at the last moment and saw a couple of girls just miss it, they looked just like a couple that walked in and out of the Org several times , or perhaps I imagined it.
When I emerged I saw a fellow handing out booklets, they were “the Way to Happiness” (big surprise! ) I took one of the books, thanked him, then mentioned that it was too bad many people in his organization didn’t seem to follow the stuff written in this book. He looked confused and mumbled that he’d been in a long time and everyone follows the tenants in the Way to Happiness. I mentioned that his church thought I was an SP and certainly didn’t practice that stuff to people like me. He looked scared, and scurried away.
I always find it amazing that people who are supposedly trained “talk about anything” and who consider themselves superior are so incapable of even facing the inherent conflicts in their beliefs. Their communications skills seems stunted to me….retarded. It’s not like these are stupid people, they just strike me as a group that has given up some of their basic human gifts. That of questioning, discovering, and creating new ideas. I find it very sad and I find them … sad. I feel a sense of loss when I’m around them because deep down I know they are lost to the rest of us. To the six billion that make up the population of this planet, this group of a few tens of thousands have turned their backs on growth and imagination. They think they haven’t, they believe that they are a vibrant–vital group that is going to save the planet.
I don’t see how they can do that by running from us.
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