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In Reply to: Re: A few words on outrage posted by One of the far too many on July 17, 2002 at 13:19:09:
Don't worry, I was not offended, you just sort of helped me to want to clarify a few things. I also feel like one of the far too many. Maybe if I had pointed out I was being very sarcastic that would have been enough to prevent a misunderstanding.
I share your feelings in so many different ways. I was subjected to mental emotional and physical abuse as a child and have a mother who is essentially like a cult member (you know, screaming I need exorcisms, cursing me, wishing for God to strike me etc. and that believe it or not was one of the things that drove me away in search of something better. I ended up from the frying pan into the fire. Very hard to understand many things about life when you are only 15) and I know what it is like to feel trapped and not have a way to get out, because I was in that position when I was under her power as a child. I was also raped when I was 16, (should I call that the icing or the cherry on the cake after a very bad childhood?) so we have a few things in common.
I still maintain that there are differences in circumstances, situations, age, background, motives, actions, etc. when it comes to people who were in the group and are now ex-members, and those differences need to be kept in perspective as they are important. I just wanted to highlight that. I agree with you there is nothing more frustrating than parents in denial, when conscience demands otherwise, and I have been often disgusted at the lack of outrage. What else can one feel BUT outrage?
