A new form of punishment loving discipline guidance
First there was Disfellowshiping – For bad publishers
Next came Disassociation – For publishers who don’t tow the line
Now we have Whisperexile - When they cant do any of the above for fear of legal action or popular public disapproval or for fear that revealing the sources could bring legal action or popular public disapproval.
Wonder when they will wake up that with the latter you do have a legal way of dealing with it because slander is slander is slander is slander and one can take action against the whole congregation if one has to.
What is interesting is that even when we come out of it all, and feel really repulsed by these types of actions, we still do the same to those who don't act the way we think they should. I have seen this in other groups too that have these policies of shunning dissidents ....
Such inbred habits are hard to get rid of ..... took me years too