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I have misplaced my pants.
This. When one of these shitstorms hits a team, I think it’s fair to expect the fans to go through the five stages of grieving, which finally leads to acceptance. We saw that here both individually and collectively. The Pedsters are still stuck in denial these many years later, with little or no hope of moving on. So yeah, cult.
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1. JoePa was an "absolute authoritarian without accountability." Check.
2. Ha. Go over to one of their boards and post something that opposes their general opinions. Check.
3. I'll let someone else answer this. As a state institution, they may have to disclose their budget.
4. Conspiracy theories? Persecutions of the football team? Ha. Check.
5. Does anyone leave?
6. I don't know about abuse of members, but there was a bunch of abuse of kids.
7. Abuse of the leader or group by people outside the cult? Yeah - I'd say there's a lot of records documenting the abuse of JoePa. Check.
8. I don't think this is a check for them. I think the followers feel they're better than everyone else.
9. Absolutely a check. They may think he should have retired sooner, but he could do no wrong.
10. I don't think this is a check for them.
I count a score of 5 for them, with 3 "I don't know" answers, and 2 they don't get the check.
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