Q. Have you ever met anyone truly evil?

[Tree Lady]

15. The most evil person I met

Was head of a cult I was in for short time in 1974, he preyed on people from bad family situations like mine and acted all nice until he wasn't. I guess you would say a wolf in sheep's clothing. I went to live on a goat farm with a bunch of hippy Jesus freaks in the mountains of southern OR, had met a friend at a concert who invited me. I was 18 naive and been sheltered my whole life, but grew up with a lot of fear from my brother.

At first it was fun until he started saying it was the last days, if we left we would go to hell...I was scared and by then brainwashed. It took my dad coming from CA with a gun threatening the guy to let me go, although at the time he just told me to go with my dad. Didn't find out truth till later. I sort of got deprogrammed by people slowly telling me the truth.

I learned from that experience not to really trust anyone, not so good in my relationships.

So I understand with sadness how a lot of people have been brainwashed into the maga thinking. We see the truth and wonder why they can't. It's because it is so twisted for them and their beliefs are strong. They have to get away from the influence of news, podcasts, online, friends, neighbors, leaders they hear daily to begin to open up.