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CNN to Cult Expert: ‘How Do We Deprogram’ the Capitol Hill Rioters?

‘The most powerful technique is asking a respectful, thoughtful question’

EXCERPT:

CAMEROTA: “Yeah. I agree with you. I think there is something in our DNA that we do give a lot of authority obviously to the President and do tend to believe our president. So, for those people that we just showed in the U.S. Capitol, how do you begin to deprogram them?”
HASSAN: “So, that’s what I do for a living. And family members contact me and I’ve written books, I’ve done video tapes, I’ve done courses, to educate the family. Because it’s the family, friends and former members that once we educate them, we coach them on how to interact and empower the person to start thinking for themselves. The most powerful technique is asking a respectful, thoughtful question and being quiet and really waiting a long time for an answer and then following up.”

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