I've had some run-ins with the "anti-Freeper" crowd of my own, of late. I wrote about that at the end of my latest column. (See below.)
The simple fact is, if you're not making a fair number of people angry, you're not having an effect. It is precisely because you have created a new and powerful institution that you find yourself attacked by ankle-biters. In the bigger scheme of things such attacks will do no real harm to you. But they DO guarantee that you ARE being effective.
"A man is known by his enemies, as well as his friends." By that standard, JimRob, your are a prince among men.
With deep respect,
Congressman Billybob