Believe me my friend, popularity is not now and never has been a pressing concern of mine. When we first got started, there were indeed probably fewer than 20 people who thought we were anything but crazy.
I've been saying since 2009 that there are 2 types of people who came to this community after we did. Bandwagon jumpers who got interested after we proved they could do it, and those who would have eagerly joined us at that McDonalds, or perhaps joined me for my solo walks through my neighborhood before that.
Both types are good to have here, but bandwagon jumpers are much more likely to try to act like they know it all, pressuring others to do as they want, not out of favor of individual freedom, but rather to pursue what they've been conditioned to think is favorable by various nonsense.
I'm clearly not afraid to call someone out if they step out of line of the pursuit of freedom. I've been doing so for years, and plan to keep it up. I am on this forum to do my best to do the right thing. Making friends is at all times secondary.
I meant everything I said. In the end, the issue is that having a disagreement over this bill with the legal weight it carries, where the majority of those I respect here are in favor of it, and consider it a step in the right direction, I don't feel enough justification to try to stop it. Sure, It's a political game, as perverse as any. I'm not comfortable with it, but provided that this perverse political game is only considered a disgusting stepping stone to try to maneuver through the tyrannical garbage from oath violating politicians in Lansing, I'll stay out of the way from here, this time. Beyond that, well...
