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Sending ironclad positive thoughts to JD2 as she faces her rapist in court today. She's been through unimaginable trauma to get her day in court and this is just one more hurdle she will clear with courage and grace.

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In the US military, the phrase 'take it to the Chaplain' is code for 'stuff it in your shorts and get back to work'. A $cieno Chaplain is about as useful as Pet Rock with a usb port. I guess this gives the loyal minion something to talk about besides the Masterson trial.

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The testimony you repeated from JD3 is not uncommon in scientology. I was counseled similarly with my long ago ex husband -- with him in the room.

The true irony of the counseling that it was my “hat” was that I was the one with a full time job. He worked occasionally, if he felt like it. I was the one paying the babysitter. I was the one doing the grocery shopping, the cooking, the cleaning. But it was my “hat” to “keep my exchange in” and submit to sex whenever he wanted it, usually when he was in a drunken stupor.

I was told by a chaplain that he wouldn’t beat me if I kept the house cleaner, submitted to sex on his whim, and kept the kids quieter. Ah yes, such succor the chaplain gave. I’m lucky to have lived through it.

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The word "succor" and scientology do not go together. The last thing one will get from scientology is succor. It's right up there with compassion and sympathy.

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Instant throwback to Dana Carvey's voice in my head there for a second, though. Could it be........ Xenu?

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Wow. That's so disturbing and heart-wrenching.

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