This is my point. It's like we're now trying to convince ourselves that Whooter is an industry player? Why did we need this proved? Why do we need to be convinced again? Maybe a long time ago people might have still been wondering, but not today. He is clearly a shill. I can't see anyone coming to this site and coming away thinking any differently. I just don't see the value in trying to prove he is one, or that he is John Reuben or anyone else. A shill is a shill. If his shilling was done in a good light, with legitimate remarks, wise comments, lots of profound insight, even friendly, maybe that would be something else and visitors to this site might think he is a good and decent person. But he doesn't. And I don't think anyone would read his posts and come away thinking anything other than that he is a shill and a bad one at that. That he causes more damage to the industry he represents every single time he posts. He helps our cause. He is probably the best free and replenishing resource we have on this site. His abusive behavior, twisted logic, avoidance of direct answers is what we want people to see about the industry as a whole. This is the sort of person who lures parents in to sending their kids away with false hopes and false promises. Lying and deceiving them in to thinking there is legitimate therapy and counseling to be had at these programs. Getting them to believe there are well trained staff working there. When they see how deceptive and abusive he is here, they will be less likely to send their kids...there. And they will see that he is all about where the money is. Not about helping kids. His abusive language here, his laughing at the tragic stories told by survivors, is just endless proof of how truly sick the people in this industry are. They sincerely believe that humiliating people and abusing them is good for them. And parents will see this. And they will decide for themselves whether they want their child involved with such people.
But as much as I find the effort to prove something a waste of time, I don't knock the thread itself. The more we get Whooter to talk and post, the better it is for us over all. Everything he says is just so amazingly dumb, full of anger, abuse and sadism that people seeing what he is about, what the industry is about, can only help us. Got to love free advertising.
I am sorry this whole thing has been such a bad experience for you, RMS Survivor. We all have read in your post how frustrated you are. If it helps any I have seen that you have matured a bit since coming to fornits. You no longer are purging anger and calling people names like you did initially when you were shown to be wrong or lost an argument and you have also developed a capacity for listening to others more. I fully understand that people believe I am an industry person. It helps to place a person that doesn’t agree with you in a bad light (at least in your mind) if you are unsure of your own position or cannot easily defend your views. I have been given credit for more guest posts then I could count, Ha,Ha,Ha. I will be reading through a thread and someone will make a comment that doesn’t agree with the group here and the guest is automatically called “TheWho or Whooter” and people gang up on him/her. It is quite amusing sometimes. But enough of me……
It is easy to see that you are frustrated, RMA, and I believe it is because you jumped on the band wagon and were exposed trying to falsify information. I think it is a good learning experience for you and a mentality to be overcome, though, and I can almost guarantee that the next time you will double check the facts before hanging you hat on them which will further help you in the future. Anyone who knows me here knows that I don’t take any of this personally (my avatar is bullet proof as is everyones) and my intentions are only to add balance to this forum, which to date it is apparent that it has born fruit based on your change and approach to discussions recently and others like you. People are taking a more realistic approach to programs and not just calling them Gulags and trying to shut them all down and there has been a shift(albeit slight) away from this program bashing and moving more towards putting a focus on helping the kids. If I can accomplish opening up a few minds here, neutralizing some of the group dynamics (which isn’t healthy) and help parents make a well informed decision for their child and family, by my reaching out, then I feel I am adding value. If I am helping in other ways, i.e. free advertising like you suggested lol, then this can only lead to more readers (not less) and that is a plus for all of us.
RMA,You should continue to do what you think is right, because that is what is important over anything else, but stay on your new path of having more of an open mind. This will continue to reduce your anger and raise your understanding of those around you who you agree with and especially those you don’t.
Bottom line is we are all enjoying ourselves and making a difference.......otherwise we would leave. There is no one holding us here, right?
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