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Erra01979 karma
Very different populations. The 4chan of 10 years ago is nothing like the 4chan of today.
Erra0746 karma
This is definitely the core principle behind most of the abuse you see from $cientology. For further information, look up what they did or tried to do to critics and ex-members over the years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology)#Cases
Particularly terrifying is what they did to Paulette Cooper in Operation Freakout: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Freakout
Erra05186 karma
Celebrity. Its easier to take down a no-name critic than a celebrity in the public eye.
She's coming out with all the details of her time with the church on her own. The most common blackmail they use is threatening to tell about things you did in the church if you ever become a critic. If you get there first, they have nothing left to stand on.
Its been easier for ex-members to come forward since a lot of the details of the abuses of the church were brought to light in the late 2000s, early 2010s with Operation Chanology. Laugh all you want about Anonymous and 4chan being superheroes for a minute, but it really was an effective campaign at bringing attention to the cult.
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