The only propaganda that can be more effective than lies is truth.
I can only control my own actions, not how others react to what I say, do, or show.
Outside a few trusted confidantes, it is irrelevant from my perspective who supports/denounces me on any given day.
I am loyal to values, not strangers.
The court of public opinion is fickle.
Fanatics want you to doubt your own sense of right and wrong in service of a “higher cause,” i.e. shielding one’s in-group from scrutiny or accountability.
Somehow, it’s doubtful the orders to exclude me from Conservative rallies come straight from the top— frankly, I am not that important.
It probably has to do with my comics, and not the one(s) you might assume.
I believe Ivana Yelich and Brian Lilley may be the starting point.
I was not the only one turned away from Doug Ford’s campaign kickoff in May 2022.
Press secretary Ivana Yelich directed Zach to remove David Menzies and the Hat; she was the decision-maker.
Menzies flags the apparent conflict of interest between her and reporter Brian Lilley.
I started producing comics about Ivana Yelich and Brian Lilley in April 2021.
In my view, this relationship is a matter of public interest to the extent the conflict was not disclosed and Lilley heavily relies on unnamed sources to break & soften news about provincial politics.