There's broad concensus among cult experts that confronting cultists with facts, no matter how incontrovertible, is a fruitless activity. That's why it's useless to confront members of The Bob Cult with certain inconvenient questions:
Is it proper for a therapist to have sex with patients?
Is it proper for a therapist to assume control over businesses started by patients?
Quite obviously, the answers should be resounding and unequivocal: NO! After all, these people dispense advice about psychotherapy via their public-facing websites.
If they attempted to answer these questions honestly (within the context of their belief system), as opposed to the brazen whitewash foisted in Firestone's books, it would go something like this:
In general, no, it's highly improper. But Bob is different.
This would be followed by a recital of the Bob mythology with which they've been indoctrinated.
Realistically, this wouldn't happen. They would simply refuse to engage. Or in the case of yours truly (or any other defector) they would deflect by branding the messenger as a "disaffected former member with mental problems", a tactic employed by many cults.
Facts didn't have a whole lot of currency in The Bob Cult. It was all about feelings. Especially Bob's feelings.
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