Monday, July 9, 2007

Re: [MLM Survivors Club] Re: Dangerous Liaisons: A Dance with the Devil and How I Survived

On Monday 09 July 2007, paine_wwweb_r wrote:
> > Where did I say that I despised anyone?
>
> Your behavior says it. People don't consider harming people they
> like.

Yes. I considered posting the same thing. There are a number of
phrases and sentences throughout your post that, in context, indicate a
desire to hurt these people and a contempt for them. I know people are
a product of their environment, but on the other hand, we are self
aware creatures and that allows us to either be controlled by that or
to control it ourselves.

> The point of my comments to you was that you cannot paint a picture
> of what "all MLMers" are like, especially not based on a single
> opportunity meeting. There is no brush wide enough to cover them
> all.

This is extremely important. I wish I could paint all MLMers with one
brush. I learned to hate them when I watched my (now ex) girlfriend
change and lose any ability to think on her own. I'd love to say
they're all stupid and anyone who gets fooled by them is an idiot.
That isn't the case. My ex-gf was, technically and literally, a
genius. There are many people here (like Paine), who are ex-MLMers,
which means at one time they were MLM drones. I've been here over 2
years and this is a very intelligent group of people. They are not
idiots. In many cases it was likely their very intelligence that made
them targets for the scam.

...
> You cannot make broad generalizations based on a limited experience.

That's true of any group of people (even though that, in itself, is a
generalization). Without trying to be condescending, that's something
it takes long years of life to learn and not something easily learned
in college.

...
> In the case of MLM, I believe it is better to reach out with an open
> hand (to pull them out if nothing else), rather than with a fist.

Yes. Remember that many of these drones are victims themselves. They
believe the hype and were pulled in and slowly brainwashed. They have
been assimilated into a very carefully orchestrated program and have
had their thinking altered one stage at a time until they think that
wrong is right. They have literally been brainwashed.

Hal

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