Truth is the best defense and my fellowship

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Originally Posted by rayliotta

I only wish I could believe that that's how his audience saw it.

"In-groups" can be greatly reinforced by "out-groups" and "boogeymen". Steve Isitt can be useful to them in this way, as were John Ingalls and many others before him.

John Ingalls was never a bogeyman to those that knew him. This might have worked for a different generation. The trouble with SI is that anyone can go online and see for themselves.