PS: in the interest of full disclosure, I want to state that I myself am a Vaisnava who is first-initiated, and I think I know of what I write. Before I myself took diksa, I would never have referred to my guru as "my guru"; I would have stated that I am aspiring to take shelter of so-and-so. To have stated otherwise would have been dishonest.
I also want to reiterate that it's not my intention at all to defend or apologize for the Gabbards, SOIF, or Chris Butler. I am not a fan of any of them and think Tulsi Gabbard to be quite a hypocrite, considering that she calls herself a Vaisnava and yet is pro-abortion. My only agenda here is to correct bullspit. Hare Krsna.
I also want to reiterate that it's not my intention at all to defend or apologize for the Gabbards, SOIF, or Chris Butler. I am not a fan of any of them and think Tulsi Gabbard to be quite a hypocrite, considering that she calls herself a Vaisnava and yet is pro-abortion. My only agenda here is to correct bullspit. Hare Krsna.