Fundamentally it seems you think the internet at large should be able to say whatever it wants to him directly and he should never respond to it. When he responds to the 100th person that thinks they’re clever posting the same shit, you call it a sperg out.
The non compliance challenge was Karl responding to people telling him he shouldn’t send in his T36 to make it complaint. He’s a public figure. He’s used it publicly. And people were telling him he should Waco himself by not paying $300 or whatever it was to replace the receiver. People willfully misinterpreted this or ignored the impetus for it and still are apparently.
Karl does not run the DEFCON shoot. There are no camo bans at events he runs. There were people in Rhodesian camo at the most recent Desert Brutality event. People also wear MAGA hats along side communist LARPers.
Where do you get this absolute nonsense?
“Lack of legitimate knowledge”…yeah right. Major companies chose to work with him (not just mine) because he is knowledgeable and has a fan base that actually purchases stuff. Brownells, a multimillion dollar company, approached them about doing a licensed WWSD rifle project. With over 1,000 units sold it’s the most successful one of these projects they’ve ever done.
Karl’s media content has made firearms more accessible to a wider cross section of the population. He’s popularizing 2 Gun internationally. Creating constructive venues for people to use their firearms and get better with them is bad for the community how?
The straw man of exaggerated opinions and some outright lies you’ve built of Karl does not exist in reality. If it did I wouldn’t work with him and not many other people would either.
I'll own the DEF CON - Desert Brutality mix up. I should of relooked it up before using it as an example. That was DeviantOllam's doing and we're not talking about him. 100% my bad, I fucked up.
Concerning the T36. There is a way to get through to people and make a point without antagonizing them. Karl chose not to do that because as a public figure, he gets annoyed very easily and goes off on a tangent to own people in an argument. This is why I think Karl is detrimental. Karl could spend an afternoon reading Dale Carnegie's
How to Win Friends and Influence People, implement what he learned, and this thread would be inactive since we would have nothing to talk about since his sperging would come to a screeching halt.
I've seen videos in the past with Karl and he doesn't strike me as that knowledgeable, he is just an enthusiastic hobbyist. He just doesn't make a living in the firearms industry, he reads a lot and he just has a lot of confidence when presenting what he has read. I think his arguments fall flat with forward assist because simply put, he has never been in stressful situations with it whether it its combat or training. When I see someone like Vickers talk about the need for FA, I'm more likely to listen to a career soldier since he has a lot of experience with firearms that have it to understand why it is needed. Not someone sitting on his computer reading old paperwork and then saying "wow, we don't need that; the US military is stupid for having it".
I don't know his exact role with WWSD; I do know Karl isn't an engineer. He can't flip open a material science text book and explain the relevant theory on how it works. WWSD is succeeding because there are smart enough people doing the engineering to make it work.
Concerning his outreach, I'll let the stats speak:
It is almost as if his online behavior has isolated him from the rest of the community and his channel is going stagnant in outreach.
Anyways, thanks for being a good sport and engaging me. I can tell we not going to agree but it is ok.
I'll end this with a compliment, that was pretty cool that you stood up for yourself and reached out to SA concerning your ban. I think a lot of people wouldn't of bothered but you stuck to what you believed was right..
