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Are Schools Dropping Love Bombs?

Saying the word ‘cult’ to people may illicit images of zombie-like people bowing down to a Great Leader. This hyperbole is short-sighted, however, and we know that the dynamics of psychological control are nuanced, complicated, and understandable. Humans are undeniably attracted to cults, which has been famously observed with groups such as the Branch Davidians, the Manson Family, or Jim “Drink the Kool-Aid” Jones and his People’s Temple followers in Jonestown.

Cults can form around any type of activity—religious, political, business—and can be difficult to define. There is some agreement that cults operate with manipulation, using elements of thought reform to attract and retain people in the cult. So we became curious when we learned of parents, teachers, and other prominent figures declaring transgenderism as a cult. Could this be true, or is it an unfair swipe at those who simply promote the noble ideas of equality and kindness for stigmatized groups? We decided to look locally to see if there is anything to the claims of schools’ participation in promoting a transgender cult that we could find.