Russia: Further Jail Term For Answering Fellow Prisoners’ Questions About Faith

by AndersonsInfo 12 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Vidiot

  I used to scratch my head whenever a government acted in a heavy-handed manner towards any kind of fringe group…

  …I’d wanna ask, “don’t you idiots realize that this’ll stroke the persecution complex, convince the victims that they were right all along, and end up causing an uptick in zealotry, fanaticism, and (actual) extremist behaviour?”

  And then I finally realized that governments like Putin’s Russia absolutely realize that, and that’s why they’re heavy-handed…

  …authoritarian regimes need “enemies” to justify their existence and actions, and JWs come almost tailor-made for that kind of role.
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  FragrantAddendum

  kinda like how the gb/wt-hierarchy label people as "apostates" and then act in a heavy-handed way

  gb/wt-hierarchy = authoritarian regime

  interesting how those guys seem to be using the same playbook

  (makes sense once you see it for what it is)

  https://youtu.be/h7dnt7LfOLc
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  Vidiot

  Agreed, and the teabagging-level irony is not lost on me.

  The problems start when you’ve made so many “boogeymen” (and done so in such an egregious and harmful manner) that they get fed up, find allies, organize, and start to fight back.