Anon, its NIHILANTHIC. Its from NIHILANTH, a character from a videogame. Im no Nihilist. BTW, learn to READ. Besides, you reek of the average forum troll, but whatever.
Anyway, yeah, Im emotional. I just saw children sobbing their eyes out on TV and ABC making it into a spectacle. Do you expect me to be happy about it? People have emotions, and people tend to share them.
Now, anyway, regarding critical thinking - as compared to whom? Someone who blindly followed what the program dogma and believes all criticsm is 'lying manipulation'? I've been on here for over a year and when the industry spews the same dogmatic sort of counter-criticism against anyone who speaks against them to discredit ANY grievance against a program, it kind of gets on my nerves!
BTW, you speak of evidence... hello? WATCH THE SHOW. Look up the definition of 'coersion' and 'psychological regression' and 'manipulation'. Put two and two together, they manipulated those children and all Ive seen the whole time on the show is instigating them to have a regression! It was nothing but pushing them emotionally, physically, psychologically and otherwise with physical and emotional stress.
That girl crying her eyes out being lowered down a cliff and her subsequent TOTAL breakdown around the campfire is 'psychological regression" almost by textbook definition. And brainwashing, that is, controlling their situation and circumstances, controlling stimulus, controlling affection and pain, and instigating the braekdowns, is what I saw on TV over these past few weeks.
You saw the show, you see anything to dispute that? Were we not watching the smae thing? If you expect completely civil discussion when the topic is "ABC exploiting traumatized teenagers".
FWIW, no need to apologize, though, Im used to much more venomous insults from people here on this forum. You also wont ever make me as mad as "one who cares" has.
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