Has anyone else noticed that the vast majority of fervent AARC supporters are parents, siblings, cousins, etc...? I'm so tired of these people saying how "hurt they were by the LIES and BAD journalism" on the fifth estate. To me, this just proves that AARC is a brainwashing cult.
Open your eyes... you hear a few people say that they were abused in AARC and all you can think about is yourself and how that makes YOU feel hurt? What kind of people bash victims for coming out about being abused? And it's like adding insult to injury when they end off by saying "AARC turned us into better, more compassionate people, so shut up you liars and whiners!" But of course, you're sure that those clients are lying, based solely on the fact that your cult leader labeled them liars.
And when an AARC supporter IS a former client (someone who would have actually seen or experienced the abuse) they usually say things like "yeah, AARC is a pretty f-ed up place, but it saved my life." :eek:
As for the non-former clients, I don't care if you adore AARC unconditionally for the rest of your lives. Even after it gets shut down I'm sure you'll protest about how unjust it was to close a place that "does NOTHING but saves lives." How a mother could say that after watching the fifth estate is beyond me.
But to all of the former clients out there who know deep down that being in AARC was damaging for you, that you probably aren't an alcoholic, that they had no right to lock you up for 1-2 years, strip you of your identity, or perhaps abuse you on a deeper level... I hope that you're able to snap out of the brainwashing and understand that you didn't deserve to be abused because of your supposed "disease." We all deserve answers as to why a bunch of unqualified people were able to hold us against our will and perform mind control techniques on us. And that's something that you parents - who only remember sitting in a circle, holding hands and listening to Sarah Mclaughlin- will never understand.