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« on: May 11, 2006, 04:44:00 AM »
Seeing as instead of actually providing proof, or reason, or a logical arguement, or even engaging me at all, they instead chose to stick their heads in the sand via banning me, and TSW.

Now, TSW was an acutal counselor in a program, and spoke of his own specific experience of abuse where he worked, and was bootd out. Im an experienced advocate with a lot of facts and information, and a little too much perception into their own pathology, so they booted me becuase they felt threatened.

http://www.strugglingteens.org/cgi-bin/ ... p=2#000040

So, let us look for ourselves! (anon posts with their shit here to make reading easier to follow~)
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« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2006, 04:45:00 AM »
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Nihilanthic, you said to me above "I dont CARE about your feelings", so I am glad you are moving on. This is a discussion group for parents, who do CARE, and want to help each other and tell about their experiences, with their kids, and with themselves. I think you should find all the information you are looking for, your research, but I am tired of you putting us down and arguing with us. I don't have the time for that, to me, you are waisting our time. Good luck to you, and please move on from this site.

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« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2006, 04:45:00 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2006, 05:04:00 AM »
Ok, Ill make it all one big post here, screw it:

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Nihilanthic, you said to me above "I dont CARE about your feelings", so I am glad you are moving on. This is a discussion group for parents, who do CARE, and want to help each other and tell about their experiences, with their kids, and with themselves. I think you should find all the information you are looking for, your research, but I am tired of you putting us down and arguing with us. I don't have the time for that, to me, you are waisting our time. Good luck to you, and please move on from this site.

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Yeah...he's gone!
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Hey Everyone,
I just came home tonight from seeing my daughter at her wilderness graduation. She looked and felt wonderful. To get away from the cell phones, drugs, parties, etc and just get her head together was a blessing let alone all the theraputic progress and figuring out all her emotions. I know she is very thankful for the experience and is getting ready to move on to a second step placement in her recovery. Too bad Nihilthanic didn't hang around for a few more days to hear this.
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To Everyone:

I would like to thank everyone who responded to my post about after care! I wish I would've known about this forum a long time ago. I can't believe how many caring people there are who are willing to share their stories and thoughts.

My daughter is 15 at an RTC. She loved wilderness (didn't want to leave), doesn't like her RTC so much, but seems to recognize the necessity. I already have such a better relationship with her. If only I KNEW what to do after this (which won't be for at least 4 months)...

I'm glad he (NIL) is gone (for now) too, but I think the wisest course (why I should give advice since this is only my second post, I don't know), would be for everyone to ignore him. His behavior is typical verbally abusive behavior, and will only escalate if it receives a response (so I won't respond). No amount of reasoning will work, it only feeds the fire....

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A M E N!!
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Rochelle,
Stuggling Teens is a more active group than Family IQ (which primarilly has parents early in the process, usually wc). Also Struggling Teens has parents much further along in the process, and many have grown young adults who have graduated from the programs already. Their input has been really valuable. It lets us see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

As for your daughter, it is too early to tell what she will need. If she can't come home, she may only need a regular boarding school. It is good to be thinking ahead a little though and explore all of your options.

Nils and wayward willie were banned from this site, I believe, and have moved back to their comfort zone on Fornits. They are a bitter group. I can sort of understand if they were placed in abusive programs, but many of them haven't been in a program at all, they just like to argue and try to make parents who have placed their kids in programs feel guilty.

Wecome to ST and I will see you also on Family IQ! Helene


Clearly, we can see what we're dealing with here.

I especially like heleneb's bullshit...
  • Im banned so they dont have to think about what I have to say
  • So I went to my 'comfort zone' which is fornits
  • Which is 'bitter' (Actually, my beer is called 'bitter', its Bass... good ale!)
  • And then insinuate its all about arguing, and making parents feel angry
  • And forgot that TSW was actually a counselor in a program


Funny, they keep acting exactly as I thought the more they flap their gums! They DO feel guilty, but want support to cover it all up, and groupthink helps them to go along with thier decision. Its also all about them; their emotions,  their feelings, their desire to feel like theyre the victim and can do no wrong, its all their kids fault, this is really the best thing they could possibly do, and it works.

Well, feelings wise. Too bad there exists NO FACTS TO BACK IT UP, yet we have tons of evidence contrary to their assertions that they choose to just ignore, if not outright remove from their presence.

They blatanyly deleted the posts TSW made detailing his own experience AS COUNSELOR IN A PROGRAM of abuse, yet curiously leave what I said and reduce it down to the only thing that matters: their FEELINGS and attack me for 'attacking their feelings to make them feel guilty' isntead of what I was trying to do... bring up facts, details, and the perspective of the CHILDREN instead of the perspective of the parents.

True, I did bring up that to them its all about them and their own perspective, and they do nothing more than just keep convincing themsleves as a group what they want to hear and believe, but thats apparently a personal attack... just like telling a faith healer whose praying instead of taking their child to a hospital they should take the kid to the hospital is a personal attack on the faith healer.  :silly:
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TheWho on program survivors: "From where I sit I see all the anit-program[sic] people doing all the complaining and crying."

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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2006, 07:21:00 AM »
a couple things to 'member

"when have you ever seen a member of the ST crowd admit they fucked their own kids up by sending them to a program?"  probably never since they figured their kids were already screwed up, so nothing would hurt and could only help or at worst do nothing

other thing is in-your-face bashing and/or challenging with a monotonous tone and "you show me" first attitude wont' get anybody a lot of welcome at a lot of places    and saying "I was there" isn't the same as offering third-party evidence, especially when you are essentially unknown to the audience yourself -- I could claim to have been anywhere and speaking the truth, say about a TBS in GA, and who could tell if I was or not
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2006, 08:06:00 AM »
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"when have you ever seen a member of the ST crowd admit they fucked their own kids up by sending them to a program?" probably never since they figured their kids were already screwed up, so nothing would hurt and could only help or at worst do nothing

So, bad judgement, or apathy, or both? Thats hardly a good excuse or disclaimer to just sign off on something in the hope that it might fix something they think exists.

A lot of this shit is just their failures as a parent, or thier... naiveté (and memory loss of their own teenage years) to the normal actions and REactions of an adolescent human being being preyed upon by people selling programs, or actual distress in worry over their kids that was taken advantage of.

Or, maybe they just want to abdicate, or just hate the kid, or are afraid of the kid and want to put it somewhere where someone else can 'fix it' but they dont wanna see. Either way, its still not an excuse, a crappy reason, and something they still have to come to grips with. AND THEIR FAULT.

Also, duh, the people who DID all the fooling, trickery, and manipulation to suck in the well intended parents need to be held accountable as well. But we dont really have a lot of vitriol against them, now do we?

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other thing is in-your-face bashing and/or challenging with a monotonous tone and "you show me" first attitude wont' get anybody a lot of welcome at a lot of places and saying "I was there" isn't the same as offering third-party evidence, especially when you are essentially unknown to the audience yourself -- I could claim to have been anywhere and speaking the truth, say about a TBS in GA, and who could tell if I was or not


Ok, see, thats a big sticking point. Let me enumerate... with numbers!
  • "in your face bashing and/or challenging" is EXACTLY HOW THESE FUCKING PROGRAMS OPERATE, THAT THEY ARE SOO SUPPORTIVE OF! WHY CANT THEY TAKE THEIR OWN MEDICINE? ]The burden of proof IS on them, whether they like that or not.
  • Yet, there is tons of proof programs dont work and can infact cause detrimental effects
  • The abuse, suffering, and long term social, sexual, PTSD and other behavioral problems and panic attacks these programs cause are not a secret either
  • Empirical fact, is empirical fact! I dont have to have stepped foot on Jamaica to know that a TBS doesnt work based off of the studies out there saying they do.
  • I dont have to even know a god damn thing about them to challenge and ask for proof, Either! Open Criticism and challenging is how science, the modern world, and free societies operate.
  • The "who could tell if I was not telling the truth" arguement applies to THEM just as much. If you wanna see someone who I hold Lon to the same regard to, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_Bob
  • TSW was actually a counselor in a program and was talking about what he saw, and THAT, too, was quashed, and he banned
Ok, Im done playing with list tags. Anyway, just how exactly do you expect us to talk to these people? You want us to sugarcoat, whitewash, water down, and put sprinkles over the message to GROWN ADULTS?

Apparently for the struggling parents, we HAVE to, because theyre at least as immature as they accuse their children of being, and just kneejerk about people saying something they dont want to hear instead of checking on the veracity or truthfulness of it.

But, guess what They do have?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness

Yet again, we owe a thank you to Stephen Colbert.

So, just what exactly do you propose, except coddling these people shelling out big bucks and blathering misleading vividness and emotional terms and other appeal to emotion nonsense like they just got out of a seminar and trying to spin it around so they are the victim (again) and they were fooled by the program?

I really rather would like them to GROW UP but thats apparently too much to expect.

Regardless, you can see for yourself by how they reacted to what I said, and see what I said, to see what kind of person we're dealing with, and why Jena did what she did.

Im kind of torn between amazement, disgust, anger, sadness, and waryness over this whole thing. I do know Im going to HAVE to figure out how to get through to people sucked into it, if I want to start making headway faster than I am. At least people who have'nt yet been sucked in are open to the FACTS when I present them, and at least Fornits lets me speak my mind and back it up wtih facts when people do their job as free thinkers and challenge it, if they have a reason to.
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« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2006, 09:04:00 AM »
Sorry your feelings are hurt by being kicked off of ST.  If anyone wants to hear what you have to say, they will come to this forum and weed through all the crap. You have nothing new to add to the ST forum- your message remains the same. You think all parents who send kids to programs are evil, failed as parents and are ruining their kids. If you have something new to say, have at it.
There are plenty of parents on this site (according to you) who have admitted that program placement was a mistake.  Of course, most of them are angry at an ex-spouse who made the placement. There have been some abusive and dangerous programs- in the past, usually the WAY past.
Probably the main reason you aren't welcome on ST is because you have no empathy and won't listen to anyone else's point of view. There ARE different opinions presented on that site, but there is also a maturity to listen and respond with thought instead of foul language and emotion.
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« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2006, 03:16:00 PM »
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There ARE different opinions presented on that site, but there is also a maturity to listen and respond with thought instead of foul language and emotion.


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« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2006, 04:22:00 PM »
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Sorry your feelings are hurt by being kicked off of ST.
Im not.

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If anyone wants to hear what you have to say, they will come to this forum and weed through all the crap.
What crap? All these facts everyone seems to have trouble manouvering around when they spew forth their nonsense?

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You have nothing new to add to the ST forum- your message remains the same. You think all parents who send kids to programs are evil, failed as parents and are ruining their kids.
No, I dont. That presumption upon what I feel about them is one of my problems with that forum. Its full of a bunch of defensive crybabies who want to be told they're good parents and did the right thing over and over again, and want attention.

I dont care to facilitate that. I DO care about the truth, whats going on, and that those kids arent getting any help, 90% of them dont need any, and theyre all being abused right now.

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If you have something new to say, have at it.
Oh, It still has to be said even if its not new. I have fact and evidence too, but thats a no-no there. The holocaust still has to be taught, so that humanity wont make that mistake again. Apparently they've been behind in their studies.

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There are plenty of parents on this site (according to you) who have admitted that program placement was a mistake.
Really? Ive yet to see one...

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Of course, most of them are angry at an ex-spouse who made the placement.
Because god knows THEY cant make a mistake, oh no, it has to be someone else, the OTHER parent, and the parent posting themself was doing the right thing ALL ALONG, and theyre the victim, either way, right? :roll:

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There have been some abusive and dangerous programs- in the past, usually the WAY past.
OOOkkk... These programs in operation right now with the SAME PEOPLE doing things the SAME WAY arent abusive? How so?

This is more reflective of your truthiness than about any facts. Nothings changed between then and now, just marketing, P.R., a few terms, and maybe a few entry level employees, but the model is the same.

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Probably the main reason you aren't welcome on ST is because you have no empathy and won't listen to anyone else's point of view.
I have a lot of empathy, but guess what?

ITS FOR THOSE CHILDREN IN RESTRAINT OR LGAT SEMINARS BEING ABUSED RIGHT NOW, NOT FOR SOME GROWN UP CRYBABY WHO WANTS ATTENTION FOR HOW HARD IT WAS TO PUT THEIR OWN KID INTO SUCH A PLACE.

Oh, and points of view dont matter if they're WRONG, moron. You can have the point of view that one plus one makes three, but the day I respect it is the day I drink the same punch you do.

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There ARE different opinions presented on that site, but there is also a maturity to listen and respond with thought instead of foul language and emotion.
Uh, really? All theyve responded with EVER is emotion, not thought. Show me someone responding with thought and reason, and Ill read it, and Ill take back that statement.

Oh, and Ive yet to see any maturity - just a desire to reinforce their desire to believe they're good parents, did the right thing, the program works, trust the program, the kids being helped, and theyre the victim in it... but none of them really belive it, so they keep going back to try to make themselves believe it and silence their own doubts.




Anon, its this simple. I dont care to consider a point of view that is inherantly flawed or wrong. Subjective pluralism only works where there is no objective perspective to take - there IS one, they just dont want to take it. Pluralism would be what hair color looks the best, objectivity is how long it actually is. You cant take 15 points of view and have them 'all right' like in your bullshit seminars about how long it is, its as long as it is (though slowly growing), period.

I dont care to empathize with an immature adult who just wants to be coddled, when the truth is coddling them and reassuring them shoving their kid into a van with some escorts and taking them away for a year or more to some behavior modification hellhole is like making Dr. Kellogg feel good and reassuring him that its 'the right thing to do' to make everyone get massive yogurt enemas. It doesnt make squirting yogurt up your ass any more effective a treatment, but for the BELIEVERS it makes them feel better.

Unfortunately, theyre still being abused, not helped, and are going to have some real problems down the line, and the only people you seem to care about are a few check-writing whiners, most of them with adopted kids.

So, you can cry me a river, or go squirt some yoplait up your ass for all I care. Im thinking about the kids and the fact that none of this shit has ever been proven to work, yet theres piles of evidence showing it doesnt, its abusive, makes things worse, or some combination of all three.

Again, read up on the Truthiness. You've got a LOT of it coming out of your mouth!
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« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2006, 04:24:00 PM »
Why even waste your time with those people? Seriously.
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« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2006, 06:58:00 PM »
Im not with them.

Its for the people who come in and see whats going on so they can learn for themselves what kind of people these parents and programmies are!
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DannyB on the internet:I CALLED A LAWYER TODAY TO SEE IF I COULD SUE YOUR ASSES FOR DOING THIS BUT THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.

CCMGirl on program restraints: "DON\'T TAZ ME BRO!!!!!"

TheWho on program survivors: "From where I sit I see all the anit-program[sic] people doing all the complaining and crying."

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« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2006, 07:44:00 PM »
Hey far out!!  A parent-flavored Kook-Aid ::cheers::
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« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2006, 07:46:00 PM »
I meant "Kool-Aid" but what the hell, Kook-Aid sounds better! ::cheers::  ::cheers::
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« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2006, 09:58:00 AM »
These freaks of nature known as struggling parents are such control freaks they come over here in groups to try and prove they are not horrible people for locking up their kids. This shows a lot about what kind of people they are, I would hate to be their kid. No wonder they send them away to these godforsaken hell camps, they are dysfunctional themselves!
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« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2006, 03:24:00 PM »
This is so funny!  I didn't even know about Stugglingteens.com until after I had been here.  The ironic part of your statement is they are "coming over here in groups" when, in fact, ST has only about 3 new posts a day!  Get over yourself!
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