I have been watching lots of old activist videos - using transformers as witnesses in mock JW scenarios, Jehovah bear, And the creative ideas are amazing. Some are very funny and some are serious. I love the mix.
I came across son of thunders videos - and really enjoy them - I saw his video about lloyd, which i initially watched about a year ago - with fresh and less emotionally confused eyes I watched it again.
Along with many other activists at that time, SOT clearly understood what lloyd was doing.
In the video he speaks in such absolute language “you just can’t walk into…..” as an example. I realise now that he has always done this. He uses language that convinces people that his point of view is correct, 100% correct and nothing but 100% correct and if you disagree then you are 100% wrong.
No wonder he has so many supporters. As ex cult members we don’t readily see this manipulation.
The community has recently been discussing what activism looks like to them, and it occurred to me that Lloyd has very much funneled the community into his brand of activism, online and lining his pockets.
Anything that doesn’t keep him in the spotlight on him and/or directly make him money, is bad activism. (Labeled aggressive activism etc to hide his true meaning). Activism efforts have been curtailed to smaller, individual efforts. This is wrong.
He said in his bs livestream that he has “sent the elevator down” for new activists and to an extent I agree. In part he did, providing they conformed to his brand of activism and as long as they revered him sufficiently.
My statement referred to activists from the past. I’m sure a lot of his supporters missed that finely crafted bs. I feel that people who left in the last few years would have limited understanding about true activism, outside the screenshot of YouTube. That makes me sad.
I realise I am diarizing at the moment, thank you for the space. As the new year of 2023 came around, on this day one year ago, I came to completely understand exactly who Lloyd Evans was and that no matter what I did or said, nothing that had been revealed in the weeks leading up to this day one year ago, could be fixed.
I remember the emotions, feelings, fear, anger, confusion. I reflect a lot on this day, one year ago, and I say thank you to that day, I have learnt so much about myself, people, society and life since then and I am very grateful 💗