Fandom Problem #9821:
When your favorite band finally gets a new lead singer after years and years...and they turn out to be, at bare minimum, a born-in Scientologist who was at a 2013 gala for that cult...and who also showed up at the arraignment hearing for someone, also a Scientologist, who was convicted of multiple counts of rape just a year ago. That is all confirmed. And while they have released a statement because of all the scrutiny, all it really says is "I do not condone rape and abuse", and despite half the problem people have being their involvement with the Scientology cult, they said literally nothing to address that. And the subreddit for the band is deadass looking like an astrofarming nightmare mixed with fans in denial who are huffing insane amounts of copium, and anyone even remotely talking about, understandably, still being skeptical is downvoted and heckled. I loved this band since the early 2000s and I cried for weeks after its original (well, not ORIGINAL original) singer passed away after a lifelong struggle with abuse and depression. It's fucked so many people are going "lalala" when the band has just appointed someone with clear ties to a cult that denies the validity of psychology, runs abusive tracks like Sea Org, and routinely abuses its members in all the different ways. People really be letting me down.
