Objection · Case 13 · Scientology
Introvigne and CESNUR are known for sympathy toward new religious movements and have been criticized as apologists for groups including Scientology. He isn’t a neutral source.
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Response
Introvigne’s sympathies are well known, and that is presented as a reason his documentation of the policy is credible: a friendly scholar confirming the policy exists. The other side of the scholarly divide, Stephen Kent for instance, documents the same policy letters, so it is attested by both. What the two sides disagree about is how the policy is applied and how harmful it is, not whether it is written down.
About this exhibit
This objection is to Hubbard policy letters, documented by scholar Massimo Introvigne (CESNUR).
The terms come straight from Hubbard’s own Hubbard Communications Office policy letters of the 1960s, which define the Suppressive Person and the Potential Trouble Source and set out the handle or…