There is definitely hysteria among Rs about alienation & "standing." To break ranks with a cult, when you've been steeped in its logic, feels like it will ruin you. See: stories of survivors of NXIVM, Scientology, Jim Jones, sexual abuse in the Amish, Witnesses, Catholic Church.

There is definitely hysteria among Rs about alienation & "standing." To break ranks with a cult, when you've been steeped in its logic, feels like it will ruin you. See: stories of survivors of NXIVM, Scientology, Jim Jones, sexual abuse in the Amish, Witnesses, Catholic Church. https://t.co/MOpE98KIs3

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