Relatable quote from #ShinyHappyPeople that doesn’t just apply to fundamentalism and cults.
“We had this power the entire time over the people who were hurting us. It turns out, as much as they tried to control us, we were ultimately what they most feared, and all we had to do was talk.”
Chad Harris
#Duggars #ShinyHappyPeople #exmo #exmormon #exvangelical #AbuseCulture
At the end of the docuseries, there’s a montage of all the ex- #IBLP TikTokers and that hit me really hard. Given that there’s a similar thriving TikTok community for #exmormons, and I was a part of it for a few months in 2021 making videos. Emotions.
There were also thriving #exvangelical and deconstructing Christianity communities there with a lot of cross pollination.
(And now I know EXACTLY why Montana is trying to ban Tiktok.)
The #ShinyHappyPeople docuseries on Prime is a really good primer on #ChristianNationalism in general, which spans beyond Bill Gothard. I highly recommend it if you can stomach the content. It really helps make clear the scope of this thing that’s happening to America right now. It makes all this *motions around* make so much more sense. And makes it a lot more terrifying.
Mx. Luna Corbden 🐸