First off, here is a link to the comic: [elan.school]

It gives tremendous insight and first-hand experience into the initial shock of being forced into a cult. This is (based on) my story and it has taken a lot of years for me to process this. But I am finally ready.

The Elan School was one of the many "troubled teen" cults that misled parents, school districts, and court systems into sending them children. In a "Lord of the Flies" style system, the children were encouraged to self-govern and it was the job of the older residents to persuade the newer residents into "getting with the program". Types of "persuasion" included physical beatings in a ritual called "The Ring", month-long stints in a isolation chamber called "The Corner", and a sick ritual called a "General Meeting" where the entire population would publicly verbally humiliate one student for up to an hour.

Here is the Wikipedia for more information: [en.wikipedia.org]

Elan was one of the many spin-offs of the Synanon Cult:
[en.wikipedia.org]

(Sorry mods, I am reposting this because I accidentally posted this into the "Hate Groups" section of this forum. I am new here.)

JoeNobody Wrote:
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> First off, here is a link to the comic:
> [elan.school]
>
> It gives tremendous insight and first-hand
> experience into the initial shock of being forced
> into a cult. This is (based on) my story and it
> has taken a lot of years for me to process this.
> But I am finally ready.
>
> The Elan School was one of the many "troubled
> teen" cults that misled parents, school districts,
> and court systems into sending them children. In a
> "Lord of the Flies" style system, the children
> were encouraged to self-govern and it was the job
> of the older residents to persuade the newer
> residents into "getting with the program". Types
> of "persuasion" included physical beatings in a
> ritual called "The Ring", month-long stints in a
> isolation chamber called "The Corner", and a sick
> ritual called a "General Meeting" where the entire
> population would publicly verbally humiliate one
> student for up to an hour.
>
> Here is the Wikipedia for more information:
> [en.wikipedia.org]
>
> Elan was one of the many spin-offs of the Synanon
> Cult:
> [en.wikipedia.org]
>
> (Sorry mods, I am reposting this because I
> accidentally posted this into the "Hate Groups"
> section of this forum. I am new here.)

Do you know about Fornits, and the online ex-Elan community there?

Yeah, I used to watch Fornits a lot for the Elan back and forth.

But I went there again recently after a long time and it seemed completely dead. I was disappointed actually.

I remember there being a few users who would pretty much dominate threads with their never-ending arguments, maybe the rest of the people stopped showing up because of it?

I just realized that I was actually visiting ElanAlum and thinking it was Fornits.

So thanks for the suggestion, I am going to go check out Fornits. Haven't been there in a while.

JoeNobody Wrote:
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> Yeah, I used to watch Fornits a lot for the Elan
> back and forth.
>
> But I went there again recently after a long time
> and it seemed completely dead. I was disappointed
> actually.
>
> I remember there being a few users who would
> pretty much dominate threads with their
> never-ending arguments, maybe the rest of the
> people stopped showing up because of it?

Yes: Fornits is, IMO, very poorly moderated (for the most part).

JoeNobody Wrote:
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> I just realized that I was actually visiting
> ElanAlum and thinking it was Fornits.
>
> So thanks for the suggestion, I am going to go
> check out Fornits. Haven't been there in a while.

The person with the user name "DANNY BENNISON" pretty much ruined the Elan thread...that and the fact that Antigen refuses to police/moderate anything very much. "Bennison" was a truly epic, professional troll.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/05/2018 06:49AM by The Falconer.