Thanks Jay. I have been ploughing through everything and got there after I posted this. But I missed out a little. I meant to ask what sort of reception would be expected at a "conference" if you question and challenge CT.
It varies. The "leaders" are generally quite polite. The only time things got heated was when I was (with Steve) talking to a group of 4-5 people. I did a lot of individual talking:
William Thomas - Very nice and reasonable, and seemed to agree with just about everything I said, except he thought his ATC testimony proved everything, but still listened when I explained why I thought it did not. Bemoaned the extreme fringe tone off the conference.
Scott Stevens - Very nice. He showed me loads of photos. It seemed obvious to me he was just cherry picking patterns where there were none, and I tried to explain it to him. It was like talking to a rubber ball. He was a bit nasty about some of the conference attendees.
Michael J. Murphy - Told me he loved me (he does this to all debunkers, part of his philosophy) even though I do what I do. Pretty brief conversation. I tired to engage him in some discussion but he was busy.
Dane Wigington - I first talked to him in the group, things were a little heated (not to the point of fear of violence though), I was trying to explain some of the problems with the soil tests, and I said something like "your tests used EPA6010B, which only tests..." and he angrily cut me off with something like "don't you try to confuse things with your science nonsense". He left and I ended up talking to "Dave"
"Dave" - No sure on the name, a nice guy, he was quite incredulous that I did not believe there was a secret geoengineering project going on, and recommended that I watched WITWATS. We talked for quite a while and I explained what my concerns were.
Clifford Carnicom - I did not talk to, as I did not have the time, I suspect he would just drone on. He's not the type of person to get to the point. Not scary.
"Cement Guy" - gave a long explanation on how chemtrails were invented because the drugs used to be delivered though the tall chimneys of cement factories, and after they got shut down then they had to switch to planes. He seemed a little unhinged, but not violent.
Bruce Douglas - came up and sarcastically shook my hand and thanked me for putting metabunk viruses on his cell phone.
Robert Forgette - Very nice and friendly, he's deep into chemtrails, morgellons, all kinds of things, but said he appreciated my take on things. We hung out for a while.
Anthony J Hilder - He interviewed me, which was basically him doing a slow Gish Gallop, and me explaining things. He's really into it, believing things like dead babies being ground up and added to Pepsi.
John Whyte - the conference organiser, we spoke for a few minutes, he was very nice. I explained my position, and he explained his (everything importnat the MSM tells you is a lie, this is a constructed reality), and we parted on friendly terms.
What I never did was stand up and ask questions in any of the sessions. The audience there was unquestioningly lapping up stuff about alien transcendental vibrations and DNA ascendence, so were not really receptive to science. I did not want to spark anger, as many of the participants genuinely thing that ContrailScience.com is evil, and I am evil, and so they would not be able to get past that. Speaking to people individually was most effective. Just tossing down the gauntlet would have been pointless.
I also eased into conversations where possible. I'd start with something like "I'm a bit skeptical about chemtrails", or just ask them what they thought of the conference. Just start up a conversation.
Having visual aids was useful. Particularly my old cloud books Clouds of the World (1972), and Cloud Studies (1905). You can get people to look at them when you are there in person. I was actually surprised that NOBODY had seen these books before, as I've been using them online for years. That shows that debunking online is generally ignored by the hardcore, but you can get them to look at it in person if you do it politely.