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Comment author: Dorikka 02 June 2011 03:48:16AM 3 points [-]

I'm curious whether I should treat "X sues everyone who calls it a cult" as evidence for "X is a cult." Anyone have any input on whether this sort of reaction is actually signalling that the organization is alarmed that the allegations might have substance to them?

Comment author: David_Gerard 01 November 2012 08:37:27PM -1 points [-]

It's a pretty good heuristic, and if they're not very cultish it's a sign they're sufficiently detached from the world to fail to understand that it's a really bad sign.