1. Does he think people are lying to him when they point and say "Oh look, there's a Psycologist!"?

2. Is this a preemptive manuever to discredit those that would identify Scientologists as "loony" in a more exact and authoritative way than the rest of us?

3. As in all cults, it seems the members are objecting to what they have been told by their handlers about psychology, and not the broader reality. Sorry, no joke for that one excepting possibly "anonymous" himself.

Well done by the way. Worthy of "The Onion". That "creep" comment was no doubt projection.

I would recommend that rather than dealing with all the comments yourself, you should hire a team of people to scour the web and clear up this misunderstanding which seems to have arisen between you and...well...the population of the Earth.

That way you'll be able to further reinforce your chronic disconnection from reality and gargantuan sense of humour failure to as many people as possible.

I'm sure Tom knew he would not destroy psychiatry and psychology in one fell swoop in a national morning talk show, but he did get a message out, despite the numerous mischaracterizations and what have you, such as demonstrated by the creep who wrote the "funny" little article.

In regards to the actual issue and the following comments (on this page), obviously the APA does feel threatened by Tom's comments, or at least feel that he is causing their patients/consumers harm. I doubt they are scared they will go out of business but they are a little concerned at least.

There is a difference between psychiatry and psychology. Scientology and Hubbard are against both. The reasons for this are mostly from a secular viewpoint. There are reasons that they have these views in terms of psychiatry and psychology going against their religious beliefs, but these secular beliefs are the same ones held by others, whether of a religious affiliation or not, that are against psychiatry/psychology.

But I would say they have put more emphasis on their anti-psychiatry views because psychiatry is where most of the abuse happens. Here you have the drugs, electric shock, lobotomies, involuntary committment, etc. Their views on psychology stem from the ideas psychologists/counselors/psychoanalysts put in people's heads, including the demoralization as in that values determination program (I can't remember the exact name for it, sorry) they have osme kids do in school. There is also the factor of patient rape by the doctors but that is present in psychiatry as well.

But there is a difference between the two, but Scientologists are against both as they both operate on similar principles and share a lot in common.

In regards to the objectivity of the DSM, this goes back to the whole theory behind mental illnesses. And do any of you know exactly how they add a mental illness label to the DSM. Hint, hint, it involves voting.

"Before I was a Scientologist, I never agreed with psychiatry...and when I started studying the history of psychiatry, I understood more and more why I didn't believe in psychology. ... And I know that psychiatry is a pseudo science."

The fact that he said that he didn't believe in psychology was exactly the part that made me laugh.