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In the last 20 years, there have been many attacks on those that work in the child abuse protection and therapy field. We document a few of these attacks at:
Confessions of a Whistle-Blower: Lessons Learned by Anna C. Salter – Ethics & Behavior, Volume 8, Issue 2 June 1998 , pages 115 – 124 http://ritualabuse.us/research/memory-fms/confessions-of-a-whistle-blower-lessons-learned/
Calof, D.L. (1998). Notes from a practice under siege: Harassment, defamation, and intimidation in the name of science, Ethics and Behavior, 8(2) pp. 161-187. http://ritualabuse.us/research/memory-fms/notes-from-a-practice-under-siege/
False memory syndrome proponents tactics
http://ritualabuse.us/research/memory-fms/false-memory-syndrome-proponents-tactics/
We write about a more recent attack below.
In 2009, in an article called “Rebuttal to the Report from the SMART 2009 conference” we wrote about a vicious attack on our conference.
We recommend you read the page at this link before reading this page:
http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/rebuttal-to-the-report-from-the-smart-2009-conference/
This will give readers the full background on this subject as well as a rebuttal to the comments below.
The person responsible for the article attacking the conference was Douglas Misicko, who attended the conference. He published a two part article about our conference under the alias “Douglas Mesner.” Internet web pages with his picture under the alias Douglas Mesner helped verify Douglas Misicko’s use of the alias Douglas Mesner. He stopped payment on the check he used to pay for the conference after the conference.
Our conference brochure, which all that register are required to read, states “Members of secret organizations, acting out perpetrators, and/or members of unsympathetic organizations are excluded from the conference. This is for the protection and safety of those in attendance.” Also, it is clearly announced at the beginning of the conference, “Please note that media people are not allowed in the conference at any time without the written permission of SMART.” This is also for the protection and safety of those in attendance.
We rebutted his attacks in his two part article at: http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/rebuttal-to-the-report-from-the-smart-2009-conference/
Pages with information on Mesner are:
“The Doug Mesner Show”
Artist, commentator, and self-proclaimed “One Man Gang-Bang,” Douglas Mesner takes on the world armed with a tape recorder, police scanner, and sardonic wit. An unscrupulous journalist of the Muckracker/Gonzo School, Doug takes his tape recorder everywhere it’s unwelcome. Bringing pranking to the level of stone-faced professionalism, Mesner’s Show promises to revolutionize Rotten Radio and serve as the definitive audio documentary of the apocalypse. http://www.radiofreesatan.com/doug_mesner_show.html
He published his two part article attacking the SMART conference at a page called Process, which uses the same symbol as the Process Church did. The Process Church has been called Satanic by some, since they worshiped both Christ and Satan.
Douglas Mesner did the artwork for the book “Might is Right” which had an intro by Anton Lavey, who was the American founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan and the author of The Satanic Bible. The illustration Mesner drew has written under it in capitol letters “Hate Your Enemies with a Whole Heart and If a Man Smite You on One Cheek, Smash Him Down, Smite Him Hip and Thigh, for Self Preservation Is the Highest Law.”
Comments
Mesner writes about ritual abuse victims thinking they believe they have some sort of status of privilege. Of course, this couldn’t be further from the truth. With the amount of social disbelief due to misinformation on ritual abuse, as well as the vicious attacks against them, it is impossible for ritual abuse survivors and those that help them to believe that anyone in the field would feel any sort of privilege.
Mesner also calls SMART cult-like, stating that SMART members are somehow able to ignore or avoid contrary opinions. Yet the opposite is true. Ritual abuse survivors are constantly bombarded by opinions from the other side that claim that ritual abuse does not exist. Yet, those with the scars, validation and memories know that ritual abuse clearly does exist.
Mesner’s vicious attacks against SMART, the conference coordinator and others in the child abuse and ritual abuse fields have continued after the original publication of his articles last year. His attacks have contained personal insults, personal attacks, name calling and even offline harassment.
Mesner uses the propaganda technique of Name Calling, the use of derogatory language or words that carry a negative connotation when describing their opponent. This technique is used to arouse prejudice in the reader by labeling the target with something that the reader dislikes.
These attacks by Mesner have actually helped increase the support SMART and other ritual abuse survivors have gotten, due to their vicious nature.
Comments attacking SMART and others.
Below we will list a small portion of the comments written by the name “Douglas Mesner” and other names, deleting the names of the people attacked for their protection.
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