Protesters

Hi there, sorry for the loooooong delay. I've been incredibly busy with college work and have been unable to post for some time.

That said, let's talk about some of the protests against the Church of Scientology.

The first person to make a strong move against Scientology was Paulette Cooper. In 1971, she wrote a book titled "The Scandal of Scientology". In it, the book described the Sea Org, L. Ron Hubbard, and many other Scientology-related things. All good, right? The church respected her right to free speech, right? Sadly, that was not the case. Members of the Guardian's Office (later renamed to Office of Special Affairs, better known as OSA) framed Ms. Cooper with a bomb threat. L. Ron Hubbard dubbed the move "Operation Freakout". You can see the original order from Hubbard here-http://www.holysmoke.org/pc/pcof1.htm

The next big protester of the "Church" was Mark Bunker, better known on his YouTube channel as "Wise Beard Man". Mark has been an avid Scientology protester since 1997, and has done much to enturbulate (a Hubbard word which means "to annoy") Scientologists in the past. In 1999, he created the site xenutv.com. where he posted (and still posts) scientology-related videos. One of his more famous videos shows Mark filming a Scientology 4th of July festival, full of 'handlers'. or people in the "Church" who go out on orders and try to provoke the annoying person to anger, thus getting them arrested.



This video is a great example of how the "Church" will do anything to get rid of its critics.

I could go on down a whole list of Scientology critics, but the one most people have been hearing about lately is the collective of Anonymous. Now, Anonymous started on imageboards such as 4chan.org(Warning: Has adult content), and they developed a reputation as sort of "The pranksters of the internet". There is no doubt that some in Anonymous have done morally reprehensible actions, such as taking down websites, but Anonymous isn't a centralized group. Heck, they're not a group at all. I encourage you, however, to do the research and come to your own conclusion.

A large number of Anonymous have decided to protest the Church of Scientology, but many on 4chan have said it is too moral and righteous for them. Anonymous has held 7 monthly protests and various smaller protests throughout the year. If you'd like to join in a protest near you, go to enturbulation.org.

Here are some good links to follow if you'd like to find out more about Scientology

Enturbulation.org
Xenu.net
theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com
whyweprotest.net
youfoundthecard.com

This is Autononymous, signing off

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Freakout
http://www.holysmoke.org/pc/pc.htm