Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis issued an apology on Saturday in response to criticism over their character letters in support of convicted rapist Danny Masterson.

The three women were members of the Church of Scientology, as is Masterson. All three women said they were initially hesitant to speak to law enforcement because they said church teachings discouraged reporting to police. The women eventually left the church.

Cults are bad, people. Religion is bad because it’s a normalized / accepted cult. Eff this guy.

I noticed that Topher Grace didn’t get mentioned for writing a letter to the judge. I’ve never thought he’s a great actor (he was pretty good in Traffic), but I like him a bit more now.

  • @Exaggeration207@beehaw.orgEnglish
    106•1 year ago

    I doubt Ashton and Mila apologized because they actually regret writing those letters; this is just damage control because they got caught defending a rapist. Also, Scientology isn’t a religion, it’s a criminal organization, and it ought to be treated as such.

    I was disappointed to hear that Kurtwood Smith wrote a letter in support of Masterson too. I really liked him in RoboCop… but I guess there’s a reason why he was so good at acting like a total bastard.

    • @some_guyOP
      32•1 year ago

      Cult vs Criminal Org. Both can be true.

      • livEnglish
        10•1 year ago

        Yeah the largest biological weapon attack on US soil was a cult.

        • HarkMahlberg
          3•1 year ago

          One of my favorite Down The Rabbit Hole videos. Too bad it’s not on Youtube anymore…

          • livEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            Sounds good! I learned about it from Wikipedia, which is a bit dry.

            • HarkMahlberg
              2•1 year ago

              For those looking, the video is about Rajneeshpuram. But you can also find a well-done Netflix documentary on it.

      • FoundTheVegan
        25•1 year ago

        Except when defending adult rapists I guess?

        “As a role model, Danny has consistently been an excellent one,” Kutcher wrote, later writing, “He has always treated people with decency, equality, and generosity.”

        Not that I want to throw shade at his current work, but this is a pretty big red flag on his credibility towards siding with victims. ESPECIALLY since this is was in relation to defending a Scientologist, a known organzation for SA.

        • @abbadon420@lemm.ee
          15•1 year ago

          People can have multiple personalities, not as in a mental condition, but as in that you’re a different person at work than who you are at your parent’s. Rapist are also like that. Rapists aten’t rapists 24/7. Sometimes they can be just nice people. That doesn’t make it right, but that does make that you can’t judge someone for not knowing that a coworker or even a friend was a rapist all this time.

        • @Synnr@sopuli.xyz
          1•1 year ago

          I guess I should RTFA, but it’s definitive he knew that Masterson was a scientologist, and knew about all the scientology stuff?

      • CmdrMoto
        4•1 year ago

        Well, if republican politicians and catholic priests are any guide, this means Kutcher and Moore are almost certainly prolific child abusers.

        EDIT: oh FFS, their org is THORN?!? The same group of wine mommies trying to destroy the internet with that awful and mislabeled “kids online safety act”?

        Fuck them AND their parent-pandering bullshit. Scientologists are nasty business.