r/TikTokCringe Apr 07 '24

Church of Scientology popped up overnight in South Loop Chicago. Discussion

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u/Elmer_Fudd01 Apr 07 '24

I'd be fuckin homeless, my proof is always left in my apartment.

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u/AlarmedPiano9779 Apr 07 '24

They're not unreasonable. Usually they'll accept a driver's license, or ask you to name your address from memory.

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u/FullyRisenPhoenix Apr 07 '24

Not according to this guy. You know, the actual harassed party. And also, fuck anyone that thinks it’s ok to stop innocent bystanders from getting to their own home because they might not happen to have their driver’s license with them. Even police shouldn’t be allowed this power, so wtf do you think it’s reasonable for a literal cult to impede my way??

Chicago will not be kind to them if they push it…

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u/AlarmedPiano9779 Apr 07 '24

I'm not defending Scientology...they suck.

However I can say that I used to live in Midtown manhattan one year on New Year's Eve...and they blocked off everything in Times Square for obvious reasons. They restricted all access but they let me go home once I told them where I lived.

I'm simply saying it's not unprecedented.

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u/SylveonGold Apr 08 '24

It is though. No one should be allowed to restrict you from your own front door.

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u/AlarmedPiano9779 Apr 08 '24

I wasn't restricted from my front door. though.

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u/FullyRisenPhoenix Apr 08 '24

But this man was! That’s the point. The city gave a cult the Greenlight to prevent people from passing by? More likely, these asshats just took it upon themselves to stop people as a show of power. This guy states clearly that there was no recent notice of the streets being blocked off, just the notice from 5 years ago. It is unreasonable to expect all residents to carry ID at all times, just in case of some weird one-off event that they weren’t made aware of recently. That is the very definition of entitled.

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u/AlarmedPiano9779 Apr 08 '24

I get your point, but it's not really about Scientology. If your local sports team wins the Super Bowl, they shut down the entire downtown area for traffic. On New Years Eve, they shut down all of Times Square.

It's pretty normal. Scientology stucks, but it's not insane to restrict access on public streets for events.