I'm not sure I agree. In his own words, he had to ship around for a respected authority so that it would be taken seriously.
I don't see how that contradicts the person you are replying to. Ze is saying there is a path to contradicting established science. Ze didn't say that it was easy, or that it didn't involve working with people who are in "the establishment" - just that jumping on podcasts and talk shows and spouting off as an outsider with no credibility isn't the best way.
If your goal is to try and reform from within then sure, spending months waiting for BS replies from journals is the best/only way.
If your goal is to spread the word that psychology is unreliable and you don't care much about what psychologists themselves think, then podcasts and talk shows are a far more effective strategy.
Psychology isn't really a very harmful field - bad claims in psychology mean maybe some people waste time on a useless self help method, or don't get proper psychiatry when maybe they should. But a lot of low level damage still adds up, and there's a lot of people who listen to psychologists. If you go the media (NB: which is what Brown is doing here), then you can potentially have a more positive impact on balance.
I don't see how that contradicts the person you are replying to. Ze is saying there is a path to contradicting established science. Ze didn't say that it was easy, or that it didn't involve working with people who are in "the establishment" - just that jumping on podcasts and talk shows and spouting off as an outsider with no credibility isn't the best way.