Accountability in Music • Page 807

Missiles were filled with water instead of fuel.

 

It’s pretty disingenuous to say he’s “defending Jared Leto,” just because he’s being, idk, pedantic about the definition of “cult leader”!

 

It's weird he's being pedantic and still wrong

 

Nobody is defending Jared Leto you illiterate dullards

 

Then they should admit he's a cult leader

 

There would be no confusion then

 

Can I please put in a vote towards ending this discourse

 

There are a million different words to negatively call Jared Leto before cult leader

 

You're fucking exhausting

 

You're smarter than this

 

From my understanding, one of the defining characteristics of a cult is that they have some type of mission or firmly held belief. It also requires more of a lifestyle adjustment than just a weekend getaway. From what I’ve read about The Echelon and Camp Mars, it mostly just sounds like Jared and his band take advantage of the fact that their fans will pay lots of money to be in their presence and be “seen” by them or whatever

I’m open to being educated on how what they have is a cult, but after doing some reading on all of this since this conversation, I gotta side with Steve here. Leto is dogshit for 101 reasons I’m just not sure being a “cult leader” is one of them

 

We all agree he is a trash human, just to reiterate what we've all said

 

I think him using his "weekend retreat" to charge tons of money to spend time with him including VIP packages and to prey upon young women, hold hours long seminars where they all dress in the same clothing and listen to his words, do community oriented activities that he leads, get tattoos showing their devotion to him and the band and leaning into the cult schtick is more than enough reason to believe they're calling it a cult because it's the easiest way to hide in plain sight and get away with it.

 

You simply are not describing a cult

 

One needs kool aid for that

 

My point is that you said:

Which is not what is happening, he is not being defended.

Hitler killed John Lennon!
No he didn't ..
Don't defend Hitler!!

 

Baffling lol. So you agree with Steve but are just mad that he said it?

 

Crazy this is still going lol

 

I legit think everyone here has their heart in the right place but cmon yall. Lol.

 

When I start a cult you guys aren't invited

 

not that it matters, I don’t think Steve was “defending” him at all..

But this definitely sounds very culty to me, particularly the fact that it’s targeted toward younger and more impressionable fans. No reason to draw lines in the sand. That’s some creepy groupthink behavior being cultivated by a grown man among teenagers.

 

I didn’t want to join your stupid cult anyway

 

It was gonna be a cult where I gave everyone a million dollars just for showing up

Shame

 

I’d like to join and you’ll notice I’ve never disagreed with any of your posts ever