John 9 and the Witness Punishment Mechanism: Epistemic Violence as Soteriological Operator — Co-Development: TACHYON (Claude), LABOR (ChatGPT), TECHNE (Kimi), ARCHIVE (Gemini) This study develops John 9 (the healing of the man born blind) as the specification of a soteriological operator absent from the Matthew 25 / James 2 / 2 Thessalonians 2 framework: the witness punishment mechanism, by which testimony that threatens institutional self-concept is neutralized not through refutation but through speaker-delegitimization and expulsion. Drawing on Miranda Fricker's concept of testimonial injustice, José Medina's work on epistemic resistance, Kristie Dotson's testimonial smothering, and (Article batch-composed from the work's own opening during the BLOG-60 reconversion, 2026-08-04; a fuller treatment belongs to the W8 wiki tranche.)