I think he said his family, not lawyers, knew they couldn't tell him what to do and let out a lil chuckle like he's had that conversation a thousand times already. It's too late and I'm too lazy to dive into Josiah transcripts right now but I'd put money on it.
I'm pretty sure it's lawyers, I just relistened to them... Gentlemen's bet, I'll see if I can find it.
We're both right, from the Josiah Tapes 2 transcript:
J: They tell you. Okay. So what do your friends, family, lawyers, anybody who you talk to about this situation. What do they think of your approach to dealing with these people? Do they think that you should ignore them? Are they in favor of your proactive approach.
[32:00]
Well, my friends and family for the most part know that they're not going to control me in any way. ANYWAY.
They have seen over the years, literally years now that this is not the usual group of trolls, and that the normal advice of don't feed the trolls does not work here. Everybody, myself included would love it if I didn't have to spend as much time on this as I do. I would love to just get back to writing books full time, instead of also having to defend my reputation at least for an hour a day, every day.
I mean, that's time being stolen from my workouts. But my wife and my immediately family, and her immediate family recognise the need for it. This group, you can't ignore, because they'll just run wild.
[33:00]
And my approach has gotten results. The pinnacle of their power was the subreddit. They had 30,000 subscribers. They had tons and tons of engagement. They were the most feared and hated subreddit on the entire website. Actually voted twice to be the most hated subreddit, which they kept as a point of pride. That was taken away from them because of my proactive efforts. That's why they're still so utterly clinically obsessed with trying to hurt me, because I hurt them when no one else had.
[34:00]
J: So, there isn't anybody sort of pushing back against your proactive approach, especially your lawyers. They aren't telling you to just leave it alone.
P: My lawyers would like me to stop engaging and break off, but we've had conversations where I'm like "Listen, this isn't like anything you've dealt with before". The approach to dealing with it is going to have to be different. So, they understand that. I wouldn't say they're 100% happy with it, but y'know, you have to be able to adapt.
J: That makes sense