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So the fist of solidarity makes Scientology clutch its pearls, yet it’s perfectly fine for them to display an image of a grenade in a call to eliminate mental health professionals. Wasn’t that at this same event a few years ago?

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And what about when they overlayed a target 🎯 on my friends photo 😢

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If a raised fist is 'offensive' to the Clampire, why, indeed not use a Clam on your tee-shirts? $cientology would declare anything any protesters wore as 'offensive'. I am certain that some $cieno would declare plaid shirts 'offensive' due to a lumberjack engram. Cue Monty Python's Lumberjack song.

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Alex is doing everything right and yet there is still interference that involves the UK Police.

This does not surprise me; whilst most officers are upstanding, it only takes one corrupt officer to spoil-the-barrel.

Last year officers from multiple constabularies were demanding that those speaking out against Lighthouse International Group be pulled in for formal interview under caution. This was *whilst* the UK Government were investigating this group. Lighthouse's business operations were shutdown by the UK government in the High Court on March 28th, and exposed as a Cult by the BBC on April 5th. Of note, is that in the High Court hearing, evidence was heard of Lighthouse's relationship with the Police, where statements were read out claiming Lighthouse were having people arrested. (Of note, is that I can confirm this year an officer for the Met Police has said that Lighthouse is a "Scientology-Like Cult", so there are some good officers).

I find it bizarre that if you work in Banking in the UK you must undergo regular mandatory training in Trafficking and Coercive Control, yet in the UK Police there are officers who will act in the interests of groups that are clearly criminal.

Additionally I can tell you at the same time as this harassment by Lighthouse, the Met Police were falling for false Police Complaints by members of EDUCO. (You may remember EDUCO as they are the Irish Cult that worked with Scientology in 2008/9 to DDoS an Irish Cult Education website). What is not well known is that Lighthouse has made it quite clear they had information provided to them by EDUCO which was used to attempt to silence someone speaking out.

As John Duignan said at Dublin Offlines in 2012, there is extreme promiscuity in the Cult community!

Keep up the great work Alex!

p.s. is the fist offensive as it's a symbol of Miscavige's alleged physical-abuse?

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Songs, burgers, hot drinkies, a place to sit, like-minded individuals to chat with? Sounds like a lot of fun! And I like the yellow protest sign behind Alex's shoulder. The CoS will probably infiltrate the protest by sending personnel in as last-minute, unannounced protestors to gather information or film participants, rabble rouse, misinform, and otherwise upset things. Perhaps even to set up "accidents" or provoke protestors to physical violence (that can all be blamed on those "SPs"). I hope I'm wrong, but it's the sort of thing I've come to expect from CoS. Telephone calls to all and sundry from Central Files is SOP (standard operating procedure), made by some poor, overworked staff members trying to outdo each other on stats (# of calls made). Eleven years ago, I received no fewer than 16 telephone calls in the week prior to the opening of a new ideal org in the US, hundreds of miles from me. Ridiculous. I received calls from many divisions or departments; all grabbing CF info and making calls. As far as mindset of current members and why they are influenced to donate and choose to stay, having a (convincing) common enemy such as "SPs" to fight against is also strong motivation. Awaiting the update, Tony and Alex!

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