#1 Mormons are evil
We would never agree on a definition of "evil". TTI programs found guilty of extreme criminal abuses have been owned by by a disproportionately high number of Mormons/LDS-related interests. In the end it's a judgment call: some might think the fatalities and abuses occurring in Mormons' "Tough Love" treatment are unavoidable and blameless glitches when one looks at the Big Picture with the thousands of teens saved from death or jail by tough Mormon love. One could argue that the Mormons' draconian methods are rooted in their religious beliefs, often misunderstood by outsiders or distorted by individuals zealously biased against the LDS.
People often get Mormons and Quakers confused, which is horrible considering the differences the two faiths have in their attitudes toward the mentally ill and how they should be treated.
In the 19th century, mentally ill relatives were a social embarrassment. Wealthy families shipped their afflicted kin off to asylums and away from the public eye. The practice of having a person declared
non compos mentis and locked away was abused, with doctors taking bribes for providing the diagnoses and paperwork. Individuals were dispatched to asylums for being annoying, embarrassing, or unattractive, with no due process and no recourse after being diagnosed "insane". Having your wife declared an incurable lunatic and committed to a "nervous hospital" was much easier than divorce. Conditions for patients in state and private asylums were horrific. "Therapy" in a 19th century asylum consisted of practices involving sadistic hydrotherapy. One treatment involved leading a blindfolded patient into a room with a large hole in the floor. The patient was guided to the hole and allowed to fall down into a tub filled with cold water in the belief a lunatic could be "shocked" back into reality. Being led blindfolded to a sudden free fall into a tub of icy water sounds more traumatic than therapeutic.
The Quakers during that time were operating asylums in-line with their non-violent, compassionate beliefs. The Quakers relied on kindness and empathy in a non-abusive treatment model with a focus on full recovery. The Quakers' treatment philosophy differed from those of medical-run asylums of the day. Patients in Quaker facilities were treated humanely, given respect and their dignity. To the chagrin of the "professional" asylums, the Quakers' compassionate treatment of the mentally ill resulted in dramatic successes. Previously-diagnosed "incurables" made progress, and the percentage of successful recoveries of Quaker asylums dwarfed those of their medical-based contemporaries.
Mormons exploit being confused with Quakers and their compassionate treatment of the mentally ill. Mormons are heavy on not sparing the rod on kids. Consider the size of Mormon families: It's hard to relate to your kids as individuals when you can't even remember all their
names, especially those obscure Old Testament names like Uriah and Nicodemus. You ignore them or beat them equally, no exceptions.
I don't like Mormons. But I'm not Fornits.
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