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3. I don't get why these cults are tolerated.

Wed May 2, 2012, 10:04 PM

May 2012

Yes, I said it, these groups are oppressive cults that commit human rights abuses.

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Young woman writes of her escape from a Brooklyn Hasidic Jewish community. [View all] pnwmom May 2012 OP

Instead of beating peaceful protesters Drale May 2012 #1

I don't get why these cults are tolerated. Odin2005 May 2012 #3

Most cults are not this oppressive. You're insulting cults. nt ZombieHorde May 2012 #4

No sarcasm tag Confusious May 2012 #13

I did not include a sarcasm tag because I was not being sarcastic. ZombieHorde May 2012 #14

The most dangerous cult of all runs the country. Zalatix May 2012 #21

They are secretive siligut May 2012 #6

Communities like this one need to be exposed siligut May 2012 #5

For a while I had a Hasidic boss in Lakewood, New Jersey. UnrepentantLiberal May 2012 #7

Yup. UnrepentantLiberal May 2012 #9

No idea she had a vagina? Ron Obvious May 2012 #10

No one ever told me to "look down there"! pnwmom May 2012 #12

Nobody ever told me to look down there either.............. TheDebbieDee May 2012 #16

Communications very different between me and my daughter, too pnwmom May 2012 #18

Now that you mention it... Ron Obvious May 2012 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author thesquanderer May 2012 #15

When you 'look down there' you see external sexual organs. alittlelark May 2012 #19

I understand Ron Obvious May 2012 #20

True, it is alien to me. Ron Obvious May 2012 #23

A friend of my grandmother's had several children before Lydia Leftcoast May 2012 #30

Some of this seems far-fetched. Iris May 2012 #25

I know fundies who are allowed all the online time they want XemaSab May 2012 #26

I'm still suspicious. Iris May 2012 #27

Sad story. I will have to watch out for this memoir. nt BlueIris May 2012 #28

I just read this book last week obamanut2012 May 2012 #29

What are the controversies? Iris May 2012 #31

There is a Facebook page set up to sabotage Amazon revews obamanut2012 May 2012 #32

Interesting. Iris May 2012 #33