In the interest of brevity and positivity, I chose to edit the post to omit the actual emails. Nothing was censored. The "complaints" in the emails were just regurgitations of previous accusations of anti-family, troop-hating, cultish, godless anarchism, etc. These have already been thoroughly debunked, so I omitted them.
Most of the local response is very positive. A little controversy is a great way to generate interest and media attention. So everything seems to be working out.
Despite Stef's criticism of Ron Paul's candidacy, there is a large amount of support from this movement. Even most of those that may disagree, have respect and curiosity.
What makes this event important to me, is that it is an opportunity to reach beyond the "choir". Some of the crowd will be similar to the NH Liberty Forum folks, but it will also be a more general audience. Everybody will have an opportunity to advance their understanding of freedom.
One of the event organizers reminded me that Thomas Jefferson was once considered "too radical" for daring to bath in water.
Everybody, get to Philly!