For the last 2 years I have been covering Jessie Czebotar and her rise from obscurity to being an internet influencer. The chaplain has developed into SRA victim/whistleblower/Federal whistleblower/Federal witness/author/illuminati MOD/survivor and so on. From research, most of these titles are false and much of her enterprises she operates under the guise of ministry, offer no public accounting since her Ministry, Illuminate the Darkness LLC, is a for profit corporation.
So far I have not dug too deeply into her followers. They are immensely important and she would remain the obscure chaplain if not for them. They are on Twitter and other social media platforms playing a combination of defense and offense for her. Some are radicalized and rabid in their defense, seeming to lack any empathy for any hurt they project. Others are probably well meaning believers, but as stated above these devoted folks don’t think critically and their needs for a hero to lead them through the morass of troubled days are satisfied. By and large, they are her support group and keep her operation financed with donations, book and merchandise purchasing and workshop events.
For the rest of the story, please go to my SubStack page.
https://georgebailey.substack.com/p/the-jessie-cult?sd=pf
