TCM – A History of Mendacity and Obfuscation

For those that are not in the know, TCM is an abbreviation that refers to a group who call themselves “The Creativity Movement.” Prior to TCM’s formation in 2003, any reference to “the Creativity Movement” was in relation to all Creators, no matter what their status was within The Church. Since that date, things have changed. The name is now more or less owned by the group calling themselves “The Creativity Movement,” and can no longer be used as a blanket reference to all Creators. In Australia, the name “creativity movement” is a registered trademark (sealing date, October 8 of 2008) purchased by TCM’s local representative in Melbourne, Patrick O’Sullivan.

TCM has now been in existence for five years. Over those five years the only thing they have accomplished was to retard the advancement of Creativity to such a degree that there were genuine fears that Creativity would never recover. We are talking of a drop from thousands of members and financial supporters of the old Church under Matt Hale, to roughly a dozen malcontents that pester everyone they come into contact with, demanding your donations, personal details and allegiance. That is why over the years different Creators and groups have tried without success to restore some of the former glory to Creativity by mirroring the former organisational structure so successfully used by Matt Hale. Each has failed due to one reason: Enmity with TCM. TCM’s two main tactics are lies and the revealing of personal information to the greater world, resulting in police raids and arrests of any that TCM perceive to be rivals to their presumed domination. That behaviour needs to be exposed to the light of day. Hopefully this article will wake some people up and help to either alter the treachery that stems from TCM leadership, or shut TCM down for good.

Following is a post I wrote for Creator Forum. The post begins with a reference to the latest in a long line of false accusations by TCM. In this instance, TCM are claiming that someone with the Creativity Alliance is trying to falsely claim they have donated US$600 to the Matt Hale Legal Defence Fund. This doesn’t make sense for a number of reasons, one of which is the fact that the Creativity Alliance is not a gang, club or [Edit: at the time of writing this post] organisation so it would be stupid of anyone to donate money towards Matt’s defence and declare themselves to be “members” of the Creativity Alliance.

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