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Ian Britton's avatar

I love listening to Mark at the council meetings. I just wish we could see the other councillors faces, are they with him or is he considered a "thorn in their collective sides" by getting on COS case ??

Keep it up Mark :-)

Best regards from UK

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ACG's avatar

"I've only just recovered from L Ron Hubbard's birthday" 😆

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Geoff Levin's avatar

Who is Ben Shaw. His description on a Scientology website is one paragraph. His life experiences and his education seem extremely shallow. In other words he spent most of his life brainwashed in the church. He spews the lies he rails against. What credibility does he have? The fact that he is the public relations person for Scientology in Clearwater? His letter is a desperate rant. He sounds like an eight year old. And I know several of the non-bot writers and members of STAND. They are hopelessly indoctrinated. They used to be my friends. Sad.

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Graham Berry's avatar

Those were great comments which brought a smile to my morning face. Mark is doing God's work down there in Clearwater.

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MrsLurksALot's avatar

LOL! Mark saying he has barely recovered from L. Ron's birthday is hilarious.

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Geoff Levin's avatar

The STAND League Twitter account has almost no likes or comments. It is ignored for what it is. An organization that spreads lies about those who expose Scientology’s abuses and fraud.

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Jens TINGLEFF's avatar

"Outer Banks" - eh?!?

What happened to the "Cult of the Anti Cult?"

Is "Outer Banks" more weirded language only understood by victims of the mind-fuck perpetrated by the criminal organisation known as the "church" of $cientology?

But, absolutely, we are convinced that STAND is just like the ADL because they say so. Yup. Indeedy.

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Tony Ortega's avatar

Outer Banks is a Facebook group that is largely made up of former longtime Scientologists. Your proprietor is also a member of the group, where we keep an eye on possible material for stories. There's absolutely nothing inappropriate about a journalist like Tracey McManus participating in a forum like that.

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Anonymous Confused Person's avatar

Wow. Nice false equivalency there. "We're like the ADL". Uh, no, no you're not.

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Ze Mooo's avatar

What is the beverage of choice at an Lron Birthday Party? Seconal washed down with Rum? No wonder Mark was still wobbly. The projection in the letter is past hilarious and has reached ludicrous speeds.

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Value's avatar

I read that letter like it would sound being said by a 3 year old, “yor ingwage in spweding pwopaganda.” LOL LOL What a maroon.😝🤣

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mark's avatar

Ben Shaw

Wash Ben

Shen Baw

Aw Shneb

W-A-N-K-E-R.

Ben! Put down the meth pipe! Take a spin on the oil table and have a tall glass of cal mag!

Of course all of that hinges on the succesful retraction of your head from your ass...

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John P.'s avatar

Basically, Ben Shaw is calling Tracey McManus the worst names he can think of. "You're a cotton-headed ninny muggins, not a journalist," he squeaks.

Given that Scientology hasn't sued any journalists for a while, the claim that she'll be hearing from Scientology's lawyers is quite amusing. They apparently are so constipated in their decision processes that they can't even get D-list attorneys like Ken Moxon or Gary Soter to write threatening letters much less famous and very expensive lawyers like Jeffrey Riffer, who embarrassed himself with lots of bombastic puffery and threats on the cult's behalf back in 2020.

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ACG's avatar

Scientology only knows the details of what's coming because Tracy acted professionally by giving them a right to reply prior to publication, which hardly sounds like something an evil propagandist does.

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