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drmeow

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8. In some ways a more accurrate comparisong
Sat Jun 5, 2021, 10:26 PM
Jun 2021

might be leaving violent extremist groups. RAND has a report about Al Qa'ida - MAGA has similarities: https://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR785.html

Leaving a cult [View all] Hippo_The_Pointer Jun 2021 OP
Thank you for your research. underpants Jun 2021 #1
That is very interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2021 #2
OK, so what I'm hearing is... ret5hd Jun 2021 #3
Would Trump U help? Hippo_The_Pointer Jun 2021 #4
Escape: A Memoir cbabe Jun 2021 #5
Thanks for the book reference Hippo_The_Pointer Jun 2021 #12
I think that your effort in analysing the process of leaving a cult is very well done. I've got.... RussellCattle Jun 2021 #6
Very well thought out post. StarryNite Jun 2021 #7
In some ways a more accurrate comparisong drmeow Jun 2021 #8
Will read Hippo_The_Pointer Jun 2021 #11
I was raised in a cult and left when I was in my 20s. FreeState Jun 2021 #9
Need for acceptance Hippo_The_Pointer Jun 2021 #10
Did a university research paper on that for one of my religion courses. TheBlackAdder Jun 2021 #13
Educated by cbabe Jun 2021 #14
Thanks. I wasn't aware of this book. NNadir Jun 2021 #16
My somewhat adjacent experience tends to support your research. myccrider Jun 2021 #15
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