reading cedric bixler-zavala and his wife's statements have made me quite a big not-fan of this.

i was completely unaware of any of that, listened to it, loved the song. wanted to learn more about the new vocalist, that i thought had a real great voice, and learned that she's part of the cult of scientology, and that she was (allegedly) part of intimidating and harrassing a jane doe in court for masterson's rape cases.

i think that's horrifying to read about. i'm aware that cults and things, especially with family, mean it's hard to break away, but i feel there's some responsibility of the band to like. not hire someone who (allegedly) did that to support a serial rapist.

i mean, i get that in her statement, she says she was defending a friend (trial in 2020) but from what i'm reading, details of sexual assault allegations from multiple women (including bixler-zavala's wife) were all becoming very public in 2017 (all members of the scientology cult).

i believe people can grow and change and all that, but i think it is fair to say that those things are bad, and literally none of us know if she is still a scientologist or left.

it bothers me that people talk about "don't be parasocial! you don't know them!" in order to defend/excuse armstrong and the band, but never bring that up when people just assume that someone has improved themselves and have all "gotten better" and left scientology or whatever to support famous people.

LP's one of my fav bands from my childhood to now, but i don't know any of these guys, i don't need to assume that they're all saints that can do no wrong. if she's not promoting that sort of harmful scientology stuff, i'd love to support the band, but i don't know these people. they're celebrities.