I think that before I left this cult and started talking about it, the only revisionists I'd ever heard of were the Holocaust deniers. Really, as I think about it, no one else comes to mind. And those guys, to the extent that I knew about them, just seemed like such a joke. Thankfully, no one took them seriously, not then anyway, so those of us who prefer the real world with its real history, warts and all, could comfortably laugh, secure in the knowledge that there was no argument to be had. These guys were just wilfully choosing to act like idiots. So be it.
That was in the real world. But I guess I'd come across a few fictional versions of gross revisionism. What I'm thinking of is the odd Twilight Zone or Outer Limits episode or movie where some guy is suddenly surrounded by a community of people who refuse to acknowledge that he's who he says he is, they're who he knows they are and the sort. Now these stories were always so maddening because, in a way, they presented the opposite experience as the Holocaust deniers. In these stories, the whole world had gone mad or was pretending to. Identifying with the protagonist was very, very frustrating and very, very freaky. Thankfully, they were just stories.
But now, oh my god, we're up against the exact same bullshit with our former Lord and Master and his servile cult members and, yes, it's weird. You're damn right it is.
I was thinking, it's kind of like getting married only to have your spouse some years later deny it ever happened. He or she has an answer for everything.
Oh yeah, there was a party, sure. Call it a ceremony, even. A celebration. But that doesn't mean it was a wedding, you know.
And that guy with the book who stood in front of us and everyone and said a few things? Well, they were nice things weren't they? Yeah, well, that's all they were. Just some nice things, you know. What's the matter you, you don't like nice things? No he wasn't marrying us. God, that's so silly! What, you think some guy with a book is able to just marry people like that? Why, that would mean people in the library would be marrying each other all the time without even knowing it! Hell, that's just "reductio ad absurdum".
Oh I know, I can see what happened. You brought all those big, fat expectations to the party, didn't you? Come on, admit it: you wanted to get married! Yes .. you .. DID! So you were the one who called it a wedding. You and that crazy-ass family of your went and printed all those invitations. The guy who stood in front of us speaking ("the Speaker"
, he didn't sign them, did he? No, you and your family did. I mean, really now, let's be fair, shall we.
Ok, so what's this now? You've got a document, have you? Okay, let's see it. It says "Certificate of Marriage". Well big deal. Surely, you're not saying that this means anything, are you? Come on, I knew that you were all twisted up over this but I didn't think you'd stoop that low. See where it says ...
No, you know what? I'm not going to play your stupid game like this. Because, let's face it, we both know that no matter what I say I'm never going to convince you otherwise. Your mind is made up! You've been telling yourself you were married for so long now, it's like you've made a big, fat something out of nothing.
And now you're talking divorce! Don't you see that's just the other side of the same coin?
Look, I have watched the video. I have looked at the pictures. I see a lot of happy people. But that hardly means it was a marriage, for God's sake. I mean, did it happen in a church? Nooooooooo.... Were you wearing a tuxedo? Nooooooooooo ....Was I wearing white?
I am trying to discuss this with you but if you're going to get so rude about it, know what? I'm done.
That's what the whole ex-premie / premie interface is like. It's exactly like that.
But it's not just us. Read that Scientology story. It's all the same. Apostates are liars. End of story.
This is only good for the laughs. But on either side of them are prickly thorns of frustration. Best advice, keep laughing.
