Really? You think all these pro-*AA comments are genuinely held views?
I'm not sure I've ever seen a pro-*AA comment here on slashdot. The closest I've ever seen, I think, are a very small number of my own posts, however they've more been anti-pirates than actually pro-*AA. Of course, there's nothing stopping you from believing that I'm a *AA shill, but honestly I don't care. The "shill" label has always been little more than an excuse to dodge inconvenient arguments without actually tackling their content. It's the arguments themselves that are of importance, not how the person saying them is employed. It's just yet another form of the ad hominem fallacy.
And knowing the pathetic efforts the *AAs make to twist the debate? It makes a lot of sense to me astroturfing would be their next attack point. Though I agree, /. is an unlikely venue, but they are so clueless, they could easily waste effort here.
I don't think they're nearly as clueless as you think. Right now they're sinking a lot of money into lobbying and trying to remove piracy's status as a social norm, both of which are very sensible ways of dealing with their predicament. Lobbying allows them indirect access to taxpayer funds to help them obtain the money that the public owes them (certainly not the way I'd prefer them to do so, but I can't deny that it's a savvy plan).
Removing piracy as a social norm is a much loftier goal, but piracy being a social norm is exactly what is hampering them, so it's a juicy prize if they can manage it. They're not giving in to the pirates, which I think is also sensible, because acquiescing to entitlement typically exacerbates the problem. Right now they believe they have right to other people's work when they want it, however many copies they like of it, and in whatever format they desire. Some have also put up heavy price restrictions as well. Now, these people are going to have children who are going to grow up thinking that artists are there primarily to serve their needs, and that any artists who protest are themselves self-entitled and deserve to have their work pirated. They're not going to like adults preaching to them about how much money is "fair" to give an artist, and the kids who think that they deserve less (or zero) will be the envy of others. Basically, I think it's very likely that, if the *AA did not take a stand, they could have easily gone under many years ago, and dragged much of the industry with them.
So yeah, I think they're cluey enough to know when a battle is hopeless. Often, when a person challenges one of their lawsuits, they'll drop it, because they know that simply scaring most people is enough to get them some money. That's why I don't think they'll touch slashdot: there's nothing to gain. Almost everyone here is so dead-set against them that every pro *AA comment is likely either to be modded down and invisible, or countered with at least 3 times as many highly moderated rebuttals.