Cook should play the card he has: Cook is known to be gay. What if "being gay" was illegal and then the government wanted to "find all the gays and round them up".
He should use that card as his last straw. THAT should help people understand the nefariousness of this matter.
I imagine that the subset of people who are in the "save lives, stop helping the terrorists" camp are generally not in the "worry about gay people under a hypothetical future government" camp.
He should use that card as his last straw. THAT should help people understand the nefariousness of this matter.