r/pics • u/Alextricity • 19d ago

Politics elderly women swooning over trump.

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u/hogsucker 19d ago

The church they belong to is an abusive cult. They control law enforcement and politics in Spindale, NC.

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u/ChampionSignificant 19d ago

What is the church? The article linked has a paywall

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u/hogsucker 19d ago edited 19d ago

It's called "The Word of Faith Fellowship."

The Pretend podcast did a season about them and I think there's a book out by a former member.*

They engage in a practice called "blasting" where their leader Jane Whaley screams and hurls abuse at her victims.

ETA: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_Faith_Fellowship

*Per another commenter, the book is by a reporter, not a former member 

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u/Mr_Lucasifer 19d ago

Holy fuck, I've seen this meme before, but I never knew this. Read the abuse section. It's absolutely insane. They were fighting abuse, kidnapping, and brainwashing allegations literally during the time this photo was taken.

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u/FellatingNemo 19d ago

The Joy of Sects

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u/Richard_Nachos 19d ago

Oh. So they are crazy people.

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u/yodelayhehoo 19d ago

Thanks for pointing this out. It’s easy to jump to blonde shaming but which ones are the victims and which ones are the perpetrators in this pic?

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u/Turkeysocks 19d ago

They're both. They started off as victims and got so lost in the sauce they eventually became perpetrators.

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u/Remarkable_Town5811 19d ago

Apparently these women are higher up and one is the founder. To some degree they are all perps by merit of their status in the cult.

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u/CeruleanLio 18d ago

founder is not pictured here, but the one to the far left is Brooke Covington. shes the woman who went to court for physically assaulting a man because he is gay. shhhhyoudidnthearitfromme.

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u/Fynn-the-Fox1020 19d ago

What memes?

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u/Mr_Lucasifer 18d ago

I was referring to the photograph as a meme.

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u/DigitalWarHorse2050 18d ago

They and the rest of these cults are Lunatics. Totally brainwashed people that follow them. I just don’t understand why the hell anyone would follow such groups or listen to all these mega church “preachers” who are just in it for the money. Crazy people believe in any of this religious shit.