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ItsjustMe

(11,230 posts) Sat Oct 2, 2021, 06:55 PM Oct 2021

What cult expert thinks about the anti-vaccine movement (CNN)

Steven Hassan, a licensed mental health professional and one of the leading experts on cults, compares how the tactics used by cults to attract followers overlap with the anti-vax moment. Hassan is a former member of the Moonie cult and left the group 45 years ago.

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Sat Oct 2, 2021, 07:30 PM

Oct 2021

Seems like good advice. The gentle incremental approach to talking to a loved one against a vaccine seems like a lot of work. If that is deprogramming, not shocked it takes some time.

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