i am sympathetic to this concern and the fact that real harms are already being ignored. much technological violence becomes normalized this way. but along othe

i am sympathetic to this concern and the fact that real harms are already being ignored. much technological violence becomes normalized this way. but along other lines it's interesting how the rejection of respectability politics insulates a large segment of the American radical scene from deepfake attacks and other lies. why worry about enemies faking some kind of sexual scandal when you're already doing porn on the side? why worry about drug scandals when prohibition is a crime and it's cool to party? why avoid destruction when the tv is already saying you burned down a whole city? why avoid fighting the cops when you know they're just going to beat the shit out of you and hold a press conference saying you deserved it? it's funny how these kind of media attacks eventually just admit the slanders into acceptability. edit: and of course now hn's reactionary squad have flagged the post. cool