SLM, you don't have to justify your position to me. Having an excellent grasp of who you are, I fully understand where you are on this. You aren't a hypocrite in the philosophical sense, like so many of the frauds that lie their way though threads and thump their chests on this board.
I'm not trying to justify, merely clarify further.
I understood fully where you drew the line earlier regarding supporting their right to lobby and speak versus what they actually stand for. Philosophically speaking we are on the same page in that regard. I just cannot find it in myself to advocate for that right. Whether I should, whether it's justified not too, really doesn't matter. I simply cannot do it.