I'm a student in the FTT - AMA

[aron]

Originally Posted by Ohio

In the early days Lee acknowledged the talents in the sisters and worked with them to care for others. Then the opportune time came to throw them under the bus ...

I think this is true, and speaks to a larger issue. In the early days, WL was probably more tolerant, and inclusive, because he had to be. Once he consolidated power, those whom he initially accepted, used, and worked alongside were either suppressed or expelled. Now, they were no longer needed; now they were threats to power. Thus, the motive spirit reveals itself: "It is a spirit of human power, not of love." This was WL's diagnosis of his close followers, but it also applied to himself, as WN's close follower.