Not me planning on looking at every interaction Jon had with live statement givers to analyze how he actually talked to them and not how people perceived him to talk to them. Because no, actually, Jon didn’t call Naomi a liar or delusional to her fucking face.
And now let’s look at the next non-archival assistant (at the time) one. Melanie King.
And for good measure, how about Dr. Lionel Elliot?
Notice anything? It’s that he apologizes the third time for the recording set up. Which the other two IMMEDIATELY complained about. It’s that every time he says something could be a lie, that they would STILL LOOK INTO IT and get back to them. Giving them reassurance that they’re not being overlooked or ignored, if not believed. It’s that half the time they question it all themselves. It’s that he returns the energy he’s given.
I may do season 2 next but like. Please tell me I don’t have to explain what I’m getting at. Jon is perfectly cordial to them. And anything he says to their faces is reasonable even though he ‘knew’ they were true because why wouldn’t his skeptic act work to occlude them as well? Because. We all know what happens the singular time he tells and reassure a live statement giver that he believes them.
On Naomi’s statement and once again pointing out that he only acknowledged HER dismissal of it as being all in her head. It might’ve ended with her feeling like she wasn’t believed, but she dismissed herself first.
I repeat that Jon only ever returns other people’s energy. He meets them where they are.
