One thing Tony has ingrained in all of us over the years of his ridiculous talks is to be hyper aware at all times how things look. It does not matter at all if we arenāt engaging in any wrongdoing, what matters is appearances and how things look to fellow JWs as well as worldly people.
Some examples might include walking out of a house one morning with a person of the opposite sex. This gives the impression to an observer you spent the night together and most likely had sexual relations. Even if you didnāt, the perception by an onlooker is you did. Another might be walking with some co-workers on a lunch break while they all are smoking and you are not. To an observer, they assume you are smoking when you are walking near all the puffs of smoke being exhaled. Or having a business meeting at an eating establishment with someone of the opposite sex. This gives observers ideas that you are having a marital affair or in a relationship with a worldly person.
Iām only going to list these few, but for any of us that have been in the religion for decades, we all know weāve been counseled by the elders on numerous occasions of past things we did, even though nothing was wrong with it, but how it might have been perceived by others. It creates a state of paranoia in all JWs that itās not good enough to be free of wrongdoing, but second guessing what others are thinking in every scenario that might present itself. This causes a huge amount of stress and anxiety in a person.
Iām glad Tony has now experienced what a typical rank and file member has to deal with every single day due to his crazy demands. Heās no different than the Pharisees that created all the extra laws that made it a burden for people to serve God.
If the pope or some other popular religious leader like Joel Osteen was filmed doing the same thing that Tony was, you can damn well guarantee judgmental Tony would give his 2 cents from the platform how hypocritical these men are and any religion they represent. But oh no, anytime a higher ranking JW is involved, itās completely fine and we should think the best of our dear brothers! I think of how so many elders over the years have criticized the Catholics for child molestation, but now when JWs are plastered in the news everywhere about it, they say itās all apostate lies or even if true, it doesnāt make them a false religion and Jehovah is still with them. They are very delusional people.
Iāve said it for years that Tony has NPD, Iām sure he has PTSD as well from Vietnam. Check out these symptoms of NPD and look at numbers 3 and 4, they fit Tony to a T in regard to these demands he puts upon the rank and file members.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.mindbodygreen.com/articles/14-signs-of-narcissism