Are Sylvia Browne and other psychics lying scumbag pieces of crap?

Yes, they are. All of them.

I call them predators, because they prey on the vulnerable.

Yes. I don’t know how they can live with themselves.

Predators. Good word.

@Rarebear Have you ever watched the faces of some of these people while they listen to a psychic? It’s open and vulnerable and emotional, they are hoping beyong hope to talk to a lost son or daughter or spouse.

Granted, sometimes they feel better, so you could think of it as a placebo, but they pay for it so these ‘psychics’, the fakes anyway, are profiting from someone’s misery and hope. They should feel shame.

They are. Although what scares me is how so many people believe this, and even rely on it, in some cases. Psychic guides helping the authorities to find missing persons? Are you fucking kidding me?

The fucking scary part is, some of them believe in their “special powers” that’s just lying to yourself ya mad cunts.

Charltons of all kinds have been around for ages. They are just taking money from the stupid.

@LuckyGuy I wouldn’t say taking money from the stupid, but taking money from the gullible and vulnerable.

The anchor introduces the story with, “Can’t always believe those psychics…” Why do we let this kind of thing stand? Why is the story being told because one so-called psychic was wrong on one high-profile case? So the implication is that most psychics get it right, or that we can’t know whether they do? Just appalling.

@Rarebear No not stupid just hoping against all hope which is what is so tragic and borderline criminal fraud.

@LuckyGuy

Charltons of all kinds have been around for ages.

True, although Heston was the worst of the lot. ;-)

Ok so I’m an atheist, I want to tell you all that my grandparents were both psychic mediums, they never charge for or asked anyone for anything in exchange for what they were able to offer. They never advertised. People who wanted their help found them.

They were excellent people who had good honest souls and worked hard to help others.
So I believe they were not Carleton’s they truly believed they could act between the spirit world and ours.

They were poor people on aged pensions living in rentals, when they died they didn’t have funerals just simple cremations.

Please do not crucify all for the damages predators do to vulnerables.

It’s “charlatan”, people.

@arewethereyet Thanks that is good to hear and I believe some people have real gifts.

I like ‘charltons’ better

I prefer Tarrlytons

@arewethereyet Even atheists can have magical thinking.

Did they take money for their “psychic” predictions?

@Rarebear, they never took anything, not one penny ever, I’m not saying I believe, I’m saying they believed and they were good honest people whom I loved and respected

@Arewethereyet I misread your original post, I thought you had said that your grandparents were atheists, I apologize for that.

You’re answering my question honesty and bravely, given the obvious (deliberate) angry inflammatory nature of my original post, and I respect that.

That describes them quite well. They are heartless frauds who take advantage of grieving people. They belong in prison.