The step from using fake stories for bringing attention to real issues to using fake stories for bringing attention to fake issues is worryingly small. If ever

The step from using fake stories for bringing attention to real issues to using fake stories for bringing attention to fake issues is worryingly small. If everyone had your mindset it might happen without anyone realizing. Imagine everyone thinking "Sure my anecdote is false, but what does that matter when his and hers are true?"