You can believe faketoshi and his mindless shills/AstroTurf army like this asshole or you can believe the mountain of documented evidence that point to the truth. Get out of shit version now!
If something is illegal (BTW "illegal" in which jurisdiction?) then you should have no problem pointing to the actual laws and precedents of prosecution.
I really dislike how most of crypto discussion and media attention is more on price/speculation and not on usability as a currency. Adoption is achieved because of merchants and customers, not because of price.