So here's my take on this: Yes, it seems VCDL got snookered, but what is the alternative? If all we do is preach to the choir, we achieve nothing. We have to reach out to try to connect with people who might otherwise be swayed by the antis. Philip did that, and has done so many times in the past. I seem to recall only this latest and the Couric episodes where things went sideways. That's a pretty good track record, I think, and I doubt that many others could have done as well over the years. This is, unfortunately, a risk we take when trying to bring others into the fold. As it was, Philip called himself out, warning us and others of a rat in the woodpile rather than trying to cover up or minimize the episode.
My question to the other members of this forum is simply this:
Has anyone else on this forum ever attempted to reach out beyond the confines of gun owners in as public and as exposed a manner as he has (Grape, User, the late Peter Nap and Skidmark being the obvious exceptions)? Let us know how that went once you have.
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