Reminds me of my youth, when I was a big fan of Esperanto. There was one mentally not-completely-balanced man in our country who was totally obsessed about this great idea, and kept sending letters to all media, over and over again. Of course he achieved nothing; his letters didn't even make sense. The only real effect was that when we tried to promote something we did in the media, most people after hearing the word immediately remembered this guy and refused to even talk with us.

So yeah, a stupid ally is sometimes worse than an enemy.