I say read Edward Bernays Propaganda. That's the key to all this. Then dig into his associates and supporters. Full on freak out incoming if you believe anything the mass media tells you.
Hmmmm.... Bernays expanded on Walter Lippmann's concept of stereotype, arguing that predictable elements could be manipulated for mass effects: But instead of a mind, universal literacy has given [the common man] a rubber stamp, a rubber stamp inked with advertising slogans, with editorials, with published scientific data, with the trivialities of tabloids and the profundities of history, but quite innocent of original thought. Each man's rubber stamp is the twin of millions of others, so that when these millions are exposed to the same stimuli, all receive identical imprints. […] The amazing readiness with which large masses accept this process is probably accounted for by the fact that no attempt is made to convince them that black is white. Instead, their preconceived hazy ideas that a certain gray is almost black or almost white are brought into sharper focus. Their prejudices, notions, and convictions are used as a starting point, with the result that they are drawn by a thread into passionate adherence to a given mental picture Mark Twain said: "It’s easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled.” Dan WQ4G
And they SHOULD DO SOMETHING NEXT YEAR! It would be their chance to show some relevance to the amateur radio community.
Large outdoor vendor open canopy tents, and large outdoor flea market open canopy tents can be used for hamfests.
Won't be long before Dayton 2021 is doomed, too. Even with a vaccine, the curve will be too slow to recover. Maybe we can all stage a socially-distant "Protest" in Xenia... Instead of violence and stealing and not wearing masks, we can mask up, buy stuff and support the local economy! That would be one heck of a protest. I'm in, who's with me? We can organize using CW, let's sked this.
