There’s clips of the broadcast all over the ex-JW Reddit.
Wow, ol’ M. Stephen sounds pi$$ed.
There’s an unmistakable sense of desperation in the shrillness of the message.
And there is also the “Streisand effect”. Loyal JWs are never going to listen to “apostates” anyway, so it’s pointless to hysterically shout warnings about doing so to them. But for the hundreds of thousands of JWs less inclined to be so mindlessly servile, and who perhaps have never been exposed to “pedophilia protection” reports, this may very well prompt at least some to think “why is he so hepped up? What are people really saying?”
Clearly these reports of covering up for child molesters are having an effect on the JW population, and the GB know it is having an effect.
I also found it striking how another “apostate lie” is that the GB are “exploiting” JWs. That of course is a frequent topic on this site and elsewhere, particularly related to the trend of the past few decades of dismissing middle aged Bethelites when their risk of incurring large medical bills outweighs their usefulness to the organization. This lends credence to the idea that I’ve long had, that the GB are paying some outside consultant to read these forums to figure out what oeople are saying.
in which case:
Hey Mr. (or Ms.) GB-hired consultant! Can you pass on a message? Tell Splane he’s still smarmy and knows next to nothing about music, and tell Lett his shrillness is not becoming a minister of Christ. Oh, and pass on to Morris, I recommend the McCallan 1949, cask 136. It might take some effort to find but it’s worth it.
