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Will Tim Ballard Go Scorched Earth?
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:38 pm
by Failed Prophecy
Mormon Stories has been reporting, with more and more evidence, that Tim Ballard has been excommunicated. This is after the LDS Newsroom already virtually excommunicated him by saying he was engaged in morally unacceptable activities. At this point Ballard appears to have lost all of his power base:
- Operation Underground Railroad, the group he founded, has severed ties with him.
- The LDS church has excommunicated him, meaning his influence among LDS donors is basically zero
- This is speculative, but I'm guessing at this point Glenn Beck has quietly removed him from his friends list. Beck wants to keep in good graces with the LDS hierarchy for access/ego purposes.
The only option I see for Ballard to regain some power, influence, and money is to go completely scorched earth against the LDS church. I think it would actually be pretty easy to do for Ballard. All Ballard would have to do would be to accuse the LDS church of protecting pedophiles. Easy to do, because there's plenty of evidence that they are. He could easily re-focus sting operations on local LDS leadership and make lots of noise in turning over LDS leadership to local authorities. We know he likes to film himself doing all of this.
At that point, he could just make non-specific claims against upper leadership that they knew about this (plausible) and that they are covering it up because they are also pedophiles (not as plausible, but his target audience would eat it up).
Just to be clear, I'm not condoning this, though if actual pedophiles are arrested, that's fine by me. My question is: What do you think the chances are that he does something like this?
Re: Will Tim Ballard Go Scorched Earth?
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:37 pm
by Philo Sofee
Depends on the size of his ego, perhaps? I honestly would have no idea, and I care very little also, two strikes against me.
Re: Will Tim Ballard Go Scorched Earth?
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:40 pm
by drumdude
I’m getting sick of all this Tim Ballard stuff, honestly.
Much ado about very little. Dehlin keeps pumping out breathless 5 hour exposes on every little tiny piece of information that comes out.
At least that’s what it seems like not having 50 hours to watch every video on it.
Re: Will Tim Ballard Go Scorched Earth?
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:49 pm
by Rivendale
drumdude wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:40 pm
I’m getting sick of all this Tim Ballard stuff, honestly.
Much ado about very little. Dehlin keeps pumping out breathless 5 hour exposes on every little tiny piece of information that comes out.
At least that’s what it seems like not having 50 hours to watch every video on it.
As Tim Ballard now is, Kate Kelly once was; as Kate Kelly is now is how Tim Ballard may become.
Re: Will Tim Ballard Go Scorched Earth?
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2023 12:39 am
by Philo Sofee
Rivendale wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:49 pm
drumdude wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:40 pm
I’m getting sick of all this Tim Ballard stuff, honestly.
Much ado about very little. Dehlin keeps pumping out breathless 5 hour exposes on every little tiny piece of information that comes out.
At least that’s what it seems like not having 50 hours to watch every video on it.
As Tim Ballard now is, Kate Kelly once was; as Kate Kelly is now is how Tim Ballard may become.
Re: Will Tim Ballard Go Scorched Earth?
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:47 am
by Failed Prophecy
drumdude wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:40 pm
I’m getting sick of all this Tim Ballard stuff, honestly.
Much ado about very little. Dehlin keeps pumping out breathless 5 hour exposes on every little tiny piece of information that comes out.
At least that’s what it seems like not having 50 hours to watch every video on it.
Dehlin has been kind enough to post his information in short text summaries on YouTube and Twitter. I don't watch his lengthy videos either.
Re: Will Tim Ballard Go Scorched Earth?
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:49 am
by Failed Prophecy
Rivendale wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:49 pm
drumdude wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:40 pm
I’m getting sick of all this Tim Ballard stuff, honestly.
Much ado about very little. Dehlin keeps pumping out breathless 5 hour exposes on every little tiny piece of information that comes out.
At least that’s what it seems like not having 50 hours to watch every video on it.
As Tim Ballard now is, Kate Kelly once was; as Kate Kelly is now is how Tim Ballard may become.
I like the clever repurposing of the Lorenzo snow couplet. However, they don't strike me as similar people. I'm guessing they don't end up anywhere similar.
Re: Will Tim Ballard Go Scorched Earth?
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2023 2:13 am
by Gadianton
My guess would be he follows the path of least resistance and fades out of the LDS spotlight, drifting more fully into Trump church territory, and rebuilding on firmer, QAnon-blessed ground. If he had the conviction of a Donald Trump, then he might do what you're suggesting and take the fight to the Church. This would take a level of personal hypersensitivity and narcissism that extremely few people have. I obviously don't know the guy, and I haven't read too much directly about him personally, but I just have a hard time believing he'd but up for it. Unlike Trump, he'll come to admit to himself that Ballard won, but there's hope elsewhere. Look at Jim Bakker, broken to nothing more than once including federal prison, and he still on TV peddling one fraud after another. A good con man is an unrelenting optimist.
Re: Will Tim Ballard Go Scorched Earth?
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2023 3:48 am
by MG 2.0
drumdude wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 11:40 pm
I’m getting sick of all this Tim Ballard stuff, honestly.
It’s interesting that very little has been referenced in regards to Marisol Nichols.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItDouewhrrc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij01fOn5uac
Another woman, not anonymous, giving her story and speaking her truth.
Regards,
MG
Re: Will Tim Ballard Go Scorched Earth?
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:32 am
by Marcus