re: Ballard and accusations now being brought forth....
Hmmm... Doing a bit of a dive on this. Lots of fodder there for speculation. However....
You can often ascertain the direction that certain information and messages are coming from by deconstructing the techniques and methods they use to impress, direct and /or manipulate (aka psyop) the audience's response.
So, for me, rather than digging on all the accusations and claims, my first port of call is to look at what is being said, by who, and in what manner.
Sometimes you can just get a sense of the spirit behind things. (If I was unable to do that, i would never have listened to Q or pursued Q in the first place.)
Is it a mean spirit? is it intended to be divisive, to inspire mistrust as opposed to trust? When it inspires trust, is intended to inspire trust that is reactive and emotional, rather than trust through discernment and independence rather than by appealing to authority?
Yes, there are things that can be questioned.
However, a few things I find encouraging, because they are great targets for deconstruction of (psyop) effectiveness:
WHO
Lin Wood and such ilk are heavily attacking Ballard and Caviezel, and Gibson. (apart from anyone or everyone associated with MAGA and Q, etc). I find that encouraging because if Lin wood is attacking it, that's pretty much like CNN attacking it in my book.
HOW
A LOT of people are attacking Ballard, etc. Some of the questioning is valid, but they ALSO rely heavily on set prejudices, association, etc., that trigger (in certain people's minds) reactive and negative responses. Religious prejudice, guilt by association, innuendo, etc.
WHAT
That's another point in the favor of Ballard etc, because the psyop technique of attacking in order to cast doubt by triggering 'bogeymen' and prejudices is well established and by now, hacky.
I found another "investigative" Mormon Stories piece 'raising concerns' about Ballard, OUR, etc, which in the same breath as certain concerns, also cites
"using false statistic to over-state the prevalence of sex trafficking worldwide to lure donors"
"using excessive emotion and religion manipulation to lure donors by claims to be called by God and being protected by God..."
"Drawing money away from legitimate charities who are meaningfully providing solutions...."
Plus the kicker:
"Associating with and taking advantage of known false conspiracy theories like QAnon."
All those things tell me something about where the 'investigator' is coming from.
aka
'false statistics' = Child sex trafficking is not really that big a problem; "Claims to be called by God" = "how dare you say that God has called you to this work?!?!?!"; "legitimate charities" = red cross, oxfam, and all the establishment charities under Cabal control; "False conspiracy theories like qanon" = self-explanatory
This is just s small sample. Only a few data points in a big lake, but for my purposes, they are enough to quickly lead me personally to conclusions about what is going on here. (Maybe my training with Q for 5 years has paid off?)
I don't wish to spend much time on this, but at this juncture, it seems clear to me that the disinfo machine and agents (aka the infiltrators on 'our side' whose mission is to sow discord, confusion, blackpills and division) have been activated to attack Ballard, Caviezel, Sound of Freedom, and Mel.
I see the same spirit that attacks Trump (when they can) because he's evil, he's one of the 'elite', he had a photo with Epstein, he's deep state mobilized to keep us all asleep, etc.
Sound of Freedom is a massive red pill for the wider public. Unless of course we have more than 50 million anons in the USA (I guess that's possible, but where are they all?). As such, the DS Cabal will pull out ALL the stops to cast doubt, dismay, discord, distrust, etc.
It will mobilize the 'LEFT' aka the neo marxist propaganda arm of the media world. It will mobilize the 'RIGHT' aka the infiltrators and disinfo agents and provocateurs within the Q movement and the Great Awakening sphere. All attacking the same thing.
If that isn't a tell, I don't know what is.
PS. I'm not posting links etc here. If you spend even a short time digging on Ballard, OUR, i.e. "timothy blain ballard" or Carlos Slim Ballard, etc iv afreespoke or google you'll find the muck. And, it's mucky. So if you want to dive in, do so. What I'm reporting here is simply my own findings and my own conclusions.
One anon's opinion. Research for yourself. But be prepared for the muck, and ask yourself "what is the spirit active here?" The masters of deceit are masters for a reason. Learn to identify their tactics and their ... vibe. What feelings do they inspire?
Yep, "The Authority" was where I started my adventures, due to the post on GAW.
It's a wild ride, and very mucky. Sigh. Reminds me of the good old days when anons would scramble and ramble and fling stuff at each other and get all worked up about some issue or person, trying to figure out "is this a black hat, white hat? Are we being deceived? Etc. Etc. Etc"
Good old fashioned mayhem and controversy.
Actually a good opportunity for them newbie anons to cut their teeth on some serious sleuthing and discernment building. Which is one reason I posted my report and approach, rather than facts themselves (hey, I don't have 3 days to dig through all of this).
I agree, and given enough time doing this, you eventually do earn your right to wear the tin foil hat atop your frog avatar XD but seriously, yes, it can take years of this process. I started my journey in a about 2010ish, been down all the rabbit holes. When Q came along, I agreed with the general 'tenet's of what it proposed or suggested people research, but the people that became invested seemed like 'babies first conspiracy theory'....
Now actually, that's exactly what it was. And even though I was condescending towards it, no other 'conspiracy' movement has brought in so many people, and had them so focused and aligned. I've been an asshole towards and, but now I've gone full Q tard, and I say that as someone that once referred to Q invested anons as Q tards. It was spot on, all along. I was just arrogant. It was designed to redpill 'boomers' and 'normies' and it has.
I believe that over time, I have learned or gained 'discernment'. I can read between lines and suss things out, but I also know when to stop 'digging' and trust my heart on certain issues, certain people etc. This is where I get frustrated, when my heart and my discernment tells me to stop questioning and trust somebody, and people insist on digging and calling into question their character, are they a black hat etc. In my condescension, I believe I just 'know' and it gets frustrating. It's my own ego and arrogance.
Even though I'm pretty sure of what my gut, heart and discernment are telling me, people are at different stages of the awakening experience. We need to be kinder, but we also need to be able to express our opinions when people are wasting their time going down rabbit holes of questioning when they need to just shut up and go with their heart sometimes. I also want to be able to refer to myself and others as tards and whatever else, without people being offended. Chan culture was at the birth of all this, whether people know it or not. Hope that makes sense
If this movie, the people behind it and the movement it's inspiring are a sinister plot to deceive us, steal our spiritual energy and generally have some evil effect, well blow me down. We're completely screwed in that case. I don't feel that in my heart and I don't want to believe that. That's where my questioning ends. I think it's genuine and the reaction from people is genuine. I think this is what we've all been waiting for, and if it's not then blow us all down and damn us to hell