'Fake news', spin, publicity, and evangelism are the same thing. Ancient political tools to sway public perception to lay the groundwork for implementing or opposing an agenda. There's nothing wrong with engaging in it. We'd be fools not to. The truth is a matter of interpretation. People aren't as dumb as they seem, but they are bored and love to spread gossip. I wish we'd stop acting like hapless victims and try to embrace reality instead of harping on the same boring old facts and expecting people to respond logically. People are emotional beings and need to be interested or they won't care.
Look at Dave from
Dashvapes. He owns a successful chain of vape stores in Canada (that also ship to the USA) and he consistently releases Youtube videos to address and dispel the silly myths surrounding vaping. And he does it in a charismatic, persuasive, and shareable way. He's a champion of our cause. We should all be like Dave.
The ace up our sleeve is that we can see legal changes coming and prepare to vape without the establishment, but the solution is to be strident in opposition to unjust laws, and to argue convincingly to recruit allies. Too often on this forum do we allow the voices of despair and hopelessness persuade us to turtle up and accept what may come. To throw up our hands at the actions of society and government, as though we are not a part of it.
Nothing turns away an audience more swiftly than a retreat into bitterness and self-pity, so let's try to rise above it.
