Nevertheless I support these campaigns since I'm more than happy to be proven wrong.
No amount of terrorist or pedophile arguments have changed it.
People don't accept it - at worst they are apathetic. This type of campaigns - and getting some media on our side will help.
Gullible. Pragmatic would be a person who doesn't worry about completely made up things - not the case.
>these laws hardly affect the average Joe so why should he care
That's where I completely disagree and I encourage you to read more about how this is an overreach. I won't link anything specific to prevent nitpicking but googling "chat control summary" should bring some ideas at least.
>There is some wisdom in not worring about future hypotheticals until they actually happen
Well this isn't a hypothetical, it's another step towards overreach and should be at least exposed. It's literally the boiling frog apologue [1]. When it actually happens we may already be burned alive - metaphorically speaking, hopefully - and there won't be much else left to do.
They are completely made up things though. As an example: Climate change is not made up since it is affecting us now. Assuming what a future government might do is purely hypothetical though. I could draw a hypothetical that these laws will create world peace and stop nuclear war with the same amount of authority. Both are possible.
This wouldn't be the first issue where some public education is needed.
I'm not hopeful either. For the first time in literally millennia, we've enjoyed a few golden decades of almost entirely uncontrolled communication. And now a lot of us are (unknowingly) begging for that to be taken away.