He shits on every pedophile who doesn't give money to his donation or go along with his beliefs, so why should he be acknowledged as a leader?

First off, Lindsay never asked to be a leader and doesn't see himself in that role. It was only other GLers who put him in that position, and then they bitch when he turns out to be human after all. Lindsay has done so much for this community that, as far as I'm concerns, he maintains the right to gripe about the complacency here from time to time, and he is largely correct in his assessment. The outright defensiveness that so many people show when he points this out is more than enough proof to me of the accuracy of his statements about the community as a whole.

The reality is, people either aren't doing much of anything or they are and simply aren't documenting it. If the former is the case, then we are doomed. If the latter is the case, then what harm is there in people making a journal of their actions? Then, we could all see what is being done, and like begets like. No one is asking you all to be like Lindsay, but it would be nice if everyone here did something now and then and made it known.

Leaders support EVERYONE regardless of how strong or weak the followers are.

That has never been true in the history of leaders throughout the world. There has never been anyone, leader or follower, who was entirely above their own human nature. Buddha may have come close. Even Jesus was angered by the money-lenders in the temple. But as I said, Lindsay has never considered himself a leader--he is just someone who has contributed far more than most to the community and envisioned others following his example. Seeing how complacent and apathetic so many are has made him weary and a little snappish.

But he's only human, and his point is valid--we can't rely on him to be the solitary Atlas who holds up the ped activist side of things forever. It's time other people shared some of that responsibility. There are many, many people in this community who have skill-sets that would make them incredibly effective. There is so much that can be done that people aren't doing. The anti propaganda is not insurmountable, as the letter to Salon.com shows--it's just that people aren't doing it.

As I've said before, we are our own worst enemy. People are willing to listen if you treat their concerns with respect and civility. Ask Silver Wolfe. But we make the problem worse by writing off all of society as antis and ignoramuses, which then becomes self-fulfilling prophecy. The vast majority of people are intelligent enough to know the difference between a child molester and a ped or girl lover. So many just want to gripe and write it all off as a lost cause so they won't feel guilty about not doing anything themselves. Hey, I've been there, but I stopped fretting about the antis and started doing something about it--using my art and writing as a tool to serve the community.

Besides, if you guys really want to make Lewis and Alice smile, make a little girl smile. Just do it.

It doesn't have to be an either/or proposition. We can do both. And just making little girls happy for the moment is fine and dandy, but it doesn't serve their interests in the long term. As long as the anti-sex mentality and the cultural enslavement of children persists, they are not being served properly. Feeding children sweets makes them happy too, but it doesn't do them any good in the long term. Likewise, continuing to give in to a culture that denies them a healthy sexuality ultimately harms them and the society as a whole.

We have the moral high ground here--its time we acted like it. We, too, need to stop acting like victims and start demanding what is rightfully ours! We can sit here and wallow or we can get out and at least make a dent. That's all Lindsay has been saying all along.

We admire children, so why don't we take a page from their book? Children get up and go on after they've been hurt. Even though they're oppressed, sometimes hungry or even abused, they still find happiness where they can and do whatever they can to make an impact on their world. A child is not easily discouraged. We should be more like them!