Scientologists are not "insane"

In my Scientology-watching, I've seen a lot of people accuse Scientologists of being "insane". (And stupid and gullible and etc..)

There are two problems with this that I can see. The first is the ableist language. "Insane" should not be a pejorative leveled at individual people. Personally, I'm fine with using it to insult certain specific ways of thinking and social structures, but many people aren't. And many of those people are hurt when they see others use it that way. David Miscavige isn't hurt by it. L. Ron Hubbard's too dead to be hurt by anything. 

The second danger is more insidious, imo. ( Read more... )