Programmies lie about protesters

Hmm, where do I start with this story?

You may be aware that on 9 occasions since last November, I've participated in roadside demonstrations against an abusive teen "treatment" facility near Milford, Ohio, just outside Cincinnati. I was invited to these protests by organizers, because I was interested in this cause following my own experiences with another gulag.

Concentration camps like this must be shut down. They simply must be. There's no indication that the abuse found in facilities like this has been eliminated - especially judging by our most recent protest, during which a youngster being transported from the facility pressed a handmade sign saying "HELP ME" against the car window.

I'm going by what I or other protesters saw firsthand. Programmies can deny it all they want, but facts are facts.

But now, the facility is lying outright about the protesters!

The facility's website has added a section called "Our Critics", in which it tries to discredit us. You know we've done a good job of calling attention to their tyranny when they go through the trouble to make a page just for us.

Their missive tells folks that "you may come upon negative information from a small group of people" who accuse the center of "inappropriate and abusive treatment programs." The piece is clearly referring to our protests. The article claims that "none of these people" are "graduates or parents of graduates" of the program.

That is an absolute, utter lie.

I was not a detainee in that program - but some other participants in our protests were. That is a fact. So what the program said is an out-and-out lie. And they know it.

The piece further declares, "Our attempts to have a dialogue with these people have not been successful." Say what? We're the ones who've tried having dialogue with them. And they have done nothing but behave irrationally in return. The facility's director stealing one of our signs and making false police reports against us is not what I call dialogue.

The piece further declares that "some have suggested" that the facility sue us. Which means they've almost certainly considered suing us. For what, I don't know. Then again, a lawsuit wouldn't be that surprising, because other confinement centers have filed SLAPP suits against other dissenters.

The rest of the program's "Our Critics" tirade is typical misleading industry propaganda.

Maybe they've decided against suing because they didn't want to have to explain themselves. Why do people come from all over the eastern half of the country to protest this center unless there's a damn good reason?

Please, folks: Weigh both sides of the issue. Our side has gathered people from several states (most of whom never knew each other before) to use legitimate, peaceful methods to protest against this cult. The other side steals signs, cries to the police, fires off illogical rants about "critics", encourages parents to yell ready-made responses to us from their cars, and places bags or eyeless hoods over kids' heads.

(More info: http://www.isaccorp.org/kidshelpingkids.asp)