FLDS and Waco
Warren Jeffs famously said "hands off my father's wives" after his father Roulon died. What did he do with those wives?
Reassigned them to other men, mostly himself.
Sometimes known as Ti and Do or Bo and Peep, what were the real first names of the Heaven's Gate cult leaders
Marshall and Bonnie
Propaganda is an incredibly efficient kind of tyrannical tool. We watched on example, The Triumph of the Will, which was commissioned by this dictator
Adolph Hitler
It's actually romantic how much energy people put into calling the fans of this artist a cult.
Taylor Swift
This athletic trainer LOVES learning about leadership. She even showed up in class to observe some presentations!
Danielle Duffy
The siege at Waco demonstrated an extraordinary failure of communication between several different law enforcement agencies. These included the Texas Rangers, ATF, the FBI, and a highly trained team who specialized in this
Hostage Recovery
The cult faced a real test of their faith when this surprising thing happened to one of their leaders
Bonnie Nettles died
Cults use in-group and out-group language. Tyrants do something similar, promoting nationalism with this kind of mentality
Us vs. Them
No one is saying y'all weren't smart cookies in high school. But it's a little weird that there's an initiation ceremony with robes and candles for this high school society
NHS / National Honors Society
Margo Maas has an incredible (and emotional!) life story that she loves to share with the population she works with. This latin term that refers to recent graduates
Alumni / young alumni
Though often just referred to as Waco, the compound housed members of this religious cult led by David Koresh
The Branch Davidians
No, literally they believed that a UFO would come and take them to Heaven so that they could "level up" from this - the term they used to describe their human bodies
their vessel
It's not enough to control the military (although tyrants DEFINITELY control the military). They also have to create these elite forces
Secret Police or Paramilitary
Don't tell the Delta Sigs at Drexel that I'm telling you this, but I've totally been in their chapter room AND I have letters I never gave back to an old boyfriend. Man, this kind of group is SO culty!
Fraternities
Megan McQuestion works in Enrollment Management and supervisors these two groups that are highly engaged in giving tours and supporting new student engagement. Name one group
Ambassadors or Student Experience Leaders
Many people watched the siege at Waco in horror. One who was angry with the government's apparent attempt to control people's ability to arm themselves was Timothy McVeigh. What terrorist act did he later commit?
The Oklahoma City Bombing
Both leaders were very much into musicals, especially this one - one of the only forms of media any member of Heaven's Gate was ever allowed to watch
The Sound of Music
Tyrants, as it turns out, are huge liars who are pretty skilled at this tool, which involves making up lies about other communities or the power of their own. It's all Greek to me!
Myth-Making
They say that sports fans can be a little culty - lots of rituals, special chants and songs, they all dress the same, and they even participate in rituals together (like climbing poles on Broad Street). I guess I can kind of see it when I look at how this team, led by Dak Prescott, has brainwashed an entire fanbase into believing they're any good.
Dallas Cowboys
Suzanne and Deja both work as this role in the Office of Academic Development. We learned about Suzanne, but Deja was off on her honeymoon, so no one got the chance to interview her!
Academic Coach
The FLDS originally lived in what they would have called paradise, an area of Utah and Arizona they called Short Creek. They ultimately moved to a "paradise" Warren Jeffs built for them, referred to as YFZ, which stands for this
Yearning for Zion
A very culty thing to do is to control someone's name. In Heaven's Gate. Members gave up their name and used the first 2-3 consonants followed by these 3 letters, meant as a diminutive
ODY
Tyrants often try to discredit or censor institutions because they don't want critical thinking or conflicting opinions. Give one example of an institution they might try to dismantle
Court or Judicial System, Education, Colleges and Universities, Public Health systems, Media and independent journalism
Hey Hon! I'm selling Mary Kay, Tupperware, LuLaRoe Leggings, or Herbalife. We're totally not cults OR Pyramid Schemes (hate that term!) They call us these or MLMs for short.
Multi-Level Marketing
This person who works in housing is a huge Philadelphia sports fan. She even named one of her two cats Kelce!
Ashley Beam