CONTROVERSY

From Bathroom Hate Scrawl to Clickbait Column Inches, Bigotry Is Bigotry

The word “bigot” came into existence just under a thousand years ago.

Any longtime Scientologist like me has become inured to periodic lunatic media eruptions on the subject. They bring to mind A Midsummer Night’s Dream, wherein Puck famously said, “Lord what fools these mortals be.“

Car Crashes and Nut Jobs

I have some non-Scientologist friends who will hit me up when some new “exposé” rehashes ancient disproven allegations or some once-celebrity grasps for a bit of former spotlight by trying to sling mud at Church staff members or high-profile parishioners.