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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Simon

$ that he uses the phrase:
"Hello dear, would you like to come see my puppy?"
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Simon

You can buy "success" nowadays on any platform - youtube subscribers, twitter followers, heck people even buy GitHub stars to make their software projects look more popular than they are.
Who imagines patreon has found some magical way to stop it, or even would if they could? What do they care if some saddo is buying their own followers to keep up a charade, because they still get a cut of it all ...
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Mandated Shunning is a Crime
by Lee Marsh in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
mandated shunning is on the rise around the world with devastating effects on millions of people.

shunning that is mandated by organized groups to its members is a form of both physical and psychological violence against those people being shunned and cut off from their family and life-long relationships.

mandated shunning means that the shunning is ordered from the top down.
Simon

That's the thing, there really are no repercussions for people who don't go along with the shunning. It's entirely their choice to do it, and for some it's an excuse to be evil judgemental pricks.
There's no legislating that people who choose to do that will somehow be all close with you and everything as it was.
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Mandated Shunning is a Crime
by Lee Marsh in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
mandated shunning is on the rise around the world with devastating effects on millions of people.

shunning that is mandated by organized groups to its members is a form of both physical and psychological violence against those people being shunned and cut off from their family and life-long relationships.

mandated shunning means that the shunning is ordered from the top down.
Simon

Reminder: the WTS can't shun you (or you don't give a flying fuck if they do). So what if a few million people you'll never meet shouldn't talk to you, when the practical reality is that they won't know, and you won't know who they are?
The only people who can shun you are your friend and family, and that is on them. Don't give them the "out" that they "have to", because someone, somewhere said so. It's on THEM. Heap the guilt on them as much as you can because they are the ones doing it.
They ask yourself why you want to associate with or be friends with anyone who'd shun you based on someone else's say-so, someone they'll never even meet?
Fuck them and fuck the horse they rode in on - find better, truer, friends.
But don't try to get the government to help. Any help they offer is not going to make your life better.
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Simon

I had a "saw this and thought of someone ..." moment, LOL:
https://twitter.com/InsaneRealitys/status/1698792799972561290
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Mandated Shunning is a Crime
by Lee Marsh in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
mandated shunning is on the rise around the world with devastating effects on millions of people.

shunning that is mandated by organized groups to its members is a form of both physical and psychological violence against those people being shunned and cut off from their family and life-long relationships.

mandated shunning means that the shunning is ordered from the top down.
Simon

Having the government mandate who you MUST associate with is far worse and more dangerous than any WTS shunning could ever be.
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ex JEHOVAH'S WITNESS CHESSA MANION FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO.
by RESPECTFUL OBSERVER in
1. jw
2. friends
update on former jehovah's witness activist chessa manion.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfhc1ncg12g.
Simon

This would be better posted on the existing thread:
Chessa Manion: When A Victim Becomes The Perp
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Simon

Rather than risk burnout, I did none of the things I promised to.
Remember to send your monthly donations to ...
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
original reddit post (removed).
Simon

All round, he's setting himself up for more awkward questions by including the begging banner totals every month. Unless he realises and drops the idea after just a month - but then that will also look odd. Another failed attempt to inflate his numbers.
He'll double (triple? quadruple?) down on the claim that it's due to the defamation by those dastardly CRIMINALS, forgetting his promises that they would all be brought to justice by his "litigation", and where exactly is that at / why isn't he giving updates about it?
Everything he does creates questions for his supporters - why is support dropping? Why are other people stopping their contributions? Why am I going to be the only one sending this guy money?
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Exes: Would You Rat On A Current JW?
by NotFormer in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
it's an interesting thought.

if you are an ex jw, presumably dfed, and you see a current jw in good standing engaging in behaviour that would concern their elders, would you pass on that information to interested parties?

do accusations from exes and other outsiders carry any weight?
Simon

Depends, was it a self-righteous jobsworth that took delight in throwing others under the bus?
Time to learn how it feels ...
Otherwise, no, I'm not doing their dirty work for them.