A) Yes he is. He's not fooling us, but he might fool himself. After all, he's got a long, proud history of creatively rewriting everything that's happened here since he first started posting, so it would be no surprise.
B) On the one hand, if he stopped talking to people, he'd get a less-negative reception to his approach. So, people would be more likely to give him an initial hearing. On the other hand, no matter how you slice it, it's still baloney. The most perfect approach doesn't change the substance of what he's selling, which is why even the most pro-vpw people aren't buying it- and some of them would have been willing to drug someone if vpw had asked them to with all his rationalizing.