Yesterday I responded to a Beliefnet question ( http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/message_list.asp?boardID=19945&discussionID=510020 ) concerning the political leanings of Scientology. My response was deleted and drew the following complaint from the Beliefnet moderator:

"Dear Ewsnead,

Your description of Scientology in this post from "Politics" as "an exemplary instance of fascism" is a clear violation of the Rules of Conduct. Please review the ROC regarding hate speech for more information on this.

Merlinn Beliefnet Community Host" ***

And here is my posting:

"Scientology is an exemplary instance of fascism. It is fascist in the broader cultural sense of the term rather than the explicitly political. In this context, fascism is a tribal ideology that brooks no intrusion or contamination from non-tribal influence. Purity or sameness of thought, religious affiliation, political allegiance or ethnic origin determines who is entitled to sit around the tribal campfire at night and who is relegated to the outer darkness. Fascism has a fondness for uniforms, marching in lock (or goose) step, mass rallies (reducing throngs of people into a generalized "one-ness" or "same-ness")and persecuting any hint of subversion to the existing, uniform, cultural (or political) order. Fascism abides only "the Order of the Same"; "Difference" is to be banished or destroyed. Fascism regards "Difference" as a contaminant, in the same fashion as Scientology views engrams and body thetans. Frequently metaphors of disease and hygiene are invoked to justify the exclusion or destruction of 'difference's."

-- ewsnead

We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest. - George Christoph Lichtenberg

http://www.xenu.net http://www.whyaretheydead.net http://www.lermanet.com http://www.scientomogy.info/index.html#NEW http://firstdistributorsnz.com/scien...south-park.htm http://www.torymagoo.org http://www.xenutv.com

and (drum roll) http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/9363363/inside_scientology

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