Here is another example of WT's 'shooting itself in the foot' so to speak! By exaggerating & amplifying how discipline is to be carried out, WT has created another monster...the ex-JW community.
Years ago when the WTBTS became 'Disfellowship-Happy' there were congregations with large numbers of disfellowshipped-ones...our congregation at one time had as many as 16 disfellowshipped members. What were all these ousted ex-JWs to do but to associate with one another. Today you have the by-product in the form of ex-JW forums, YouTube channels, exJW reddit etc in many languages with viewers and visitors numbering into the millions.
I remember our body of elders was asked by the many disfellowshipped ones that we had if it was okay to associate together with other df'd ones and the answer was: 'Yeah...why not'! No doubt that was the thinking of most congregation body-of-elders.
Stupid is as stupid does...WT leadership can thank themselves for the explosive & increasing numbers in the world-wide exJW community...Yay! 😀 😀