I Am "The Master" Of My Domain (The Cult Of One,...)

How much would you like to bet Glenn Reynolds and Ann Althouse (along with their respective "conservative" colleagues and readerships) were making phone calls shouting "bigotry"?

Unnamed Scientologists applied "lots of pressure" to stop The Master being made and have it changed once filming began, studio head Harvey Weinstein said. 

The film's director Paul Thomas Anderson has stated that The Master was partly based on L Ron Hubbard, who founded Scientology in the 1950s. 

The Church of Scientology has denied trying to block the film. 

Weinstein told BBC News: "We've had pressure and we've resisted pressure. Originally people said to me 'don't make it'. Lots of pressure. 

"And then, as we were making it, we had pressure to change it. Paul's not doing that and I didn't think he chose me [to work with] because I was going to acquiesce either." 

The movie tells the story of a cult leader known as The Master, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and a troubled World War II veteran, played by Joaquin Phoenix, who is drawn into his world. 

It won awards for acting and directing after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival and is seen as an early contender for The Oscars. 

Asked about the reaction from Scientologists in Hollywood, Weinstein said: "I'm not going to get into names, but they feel strongly that they think it's a religion and as such they think the subject matter shouldn't be explored.

Wow - imagine that:

The same reaction Romney supporters have to anyone looking into Mormonism - isn't that weird?

To have two different "religions," with one openly labeled a "cult" while the other (conveniently) isn't - though they have almost everything in common - including the reactions of their respective supporters?

Could it be because the Mormon cult is seen as conservative and Scientology isn't?

I mean, as I've pointed out repeatedly, I've heard no cries of "bigotry" from Glenn Reynolds, Ann Althouse, Stacey McCain (who should know better) and Michelle Malkin when it comes to explorations into L. Ron Hubbard's malarky - only Joseph Smith's - and only now.

And, when it comes to fighting Islam, Reynolds even decided to change-up his long-standing "bigotry" dance enough to post this yesterday:

Why Defending Free Speech Is More Important than Criticizing Bigotry. The Obama crowd doesn’t care about free speech. Never has, never will.

Notice - after MONTHS of Reynolds & Co. crying whenever someone mentioned Romney's cockamamy "beliefs" - with Reynolds clearly leading the pack to his millions of readers - now it's the Obama crowd who "doesn’t care about free speech. Never has, never will."

And this is from supposedly a conservative, someone supposedly on "my side," though - I must admit - I understand Reynolds currently serves a much higher calling than any mere adherence to truth, logic, reality, or even the protection of our country:

HE'S TRYING TO MOVE VOTES!

Yeah - politics - just like the Democrats. Blatant lies, corruption, and hypocrisy, Be Thy Name,…

 

After Mormons, Conservatives Should Be Out In Force

I could be wrong but it looks like Scientology is taking it's cues from the Romney campaign:

Citing a mixture of "shoddy journalism" and "religious bigotry," the Church of Scientology is threatening to sue Vanity Fair over a recent article claiming that it helped "audition" young actresses to find a suitable girlfriend for Tom Cruise.

Even though there's still no connection or similarities between Mormonism and Scientology (absolutely none what-so-ever) somebody contact those great anti-bigotry watchdogs, Glenn Reynolds, Ann Althouse, Stacey McCain, and Michelle Malkin, and tell them to turn up the heat:

 Bigotry at Vanity Fair must be stopped!

 

Logging On To Lies Of Omission (From Near And Far,...)

So, when I returned from work, I saw this story and wondered, why aren't Glenn Reynolds, Ann Althouse, and Stacey McCain, etc., screaming "bigotry"? Seems right up their alley,...

I saw Glenn also agreed with a Walter Russell Mead screed about cultists who "believe utterly absurd things and are willing to act upon them," because Mead then went on to condemn "liberals who see theocracy behind every Mormon temple,..." As though only liberals are worried, Mormon beliefs would be welcome in any classroom not dedicated to Cargo Cult Science, and nobody's heard of the American theocracy in Utah or the various oaths Mormons, like Romney, have swore to - over those of this country.

The hypocrisy of Glenn Reynolds - the utter deceit this man dishes out to his readers - is galling.

Ann appears to be clobbering the NYT with this:

"By the standards of retailing, Apple offers above average pay — well above the minimum wage of $7.25 and better than the Gap, though slightly less than Lululemon, the yoga and athletic apparel chain, where sales staff earn about $12 an hour." 

So what's the problem? What's the issue? Why is this a story?

While everyone - the writer Ann's criticizing, the NYT, and Ann - are leaving out that, to earn that $12 an hour at Lululemon, the poor saps have to go through "training" with The Landmark Forum cult.

That's a problem, ain't it? (Lululemon seems to think so.) That's an issue. That's a STORY.

My bad - no it's not. Like the Mormons, all the groups and individuals, linked here, deny they're cults or cult apologists. (Or even NewAgers.) So there's no need to comment further. Their word is enough.

EVERYBODY'S spreading "the truth."

Just not the whole truth and nothing but - and especially not the law professors.

By the way, it's just been discovered that Alzheimer’s is caused by stress. Which - considering what's going on in the blogosphere - leads naturally to an all-important question:

Is cognitive dissonance considered stressful?