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And we need a cutesy nickname/slogan for the effort against Lyin' Brian... ("We" because even though I'm not in Oregon, I'm claiming a place in the effort's Propaganda Ministry and will do what I can to call down activists from across the nation upon him on your behalf... )
We need to be careful about that - Boquist did lose a son to suicide. It's no that he's lying, he's suffered a tragic loss and is trying to prevent others from the same thing. He has good intentions, but unfortunately the was he's going about it is not only ineffective but diminishes the rights of others. Boquist has acted by emotion and not reason. It would have been better to address the points made in the NRA document. I'd say he is more misguided than anything and clutching at straws to make a difference in order to ease his own conscience. Any parent would feel guilt about a child who commits suicide.
I'd be compassionate and use terms like misguided in terms of the campaign.