"in which I address some criticisms (some fair, others not)" ⤵️🤨
Let's talk cybersecurity.
Historically, those who were critiqued felt victimized. These victims often lumped non-critique #heckling with legit #criticism to shield their egos.
The use of #comedy tools in…
…legitimate criticism led many (perhaps most) victims in #cybersecurity to cry out that humor negates legitimacy: "the stakes are too high for <THIS|ME>to be taken so lightly!"
Yet these same victims adore e.g. Jon Oliver for his brutal use of #comedy in legitimate criticism.
And here we arrive at the crux of the matter:
The victims, not the #elements of legitimate #criticism, decide what is "fair" in cybersecurity.
This way, anything that is not ✌️criticism✌️ may be labeled as such so victims can associate legit critics to their SCUM counterparts.
If you exclude our legitimate critics, then "we in cybersecurity" typically agree a victim deserves the last word--
--upon which a victim historically addresses #hecklers and #critics in the same breath.
Because (as I proved above), critics are SCUM. Just ask…
Jamie Kennedy if you don't believe me. He starred in "Son Of The Mask" (2005).
So victimized was Kennedy by criticism of his celluloid masterstroke that he filmed a documentary using Perlroth's preface. Check out the SCUM critic @JimEmerson's review at RogerEbert.com:
Yet the global #cybersecurity industry is not like the global movie industry where large corporations and small-time actors alike embrace their legitimate critics and refuse to allow sexual predators to manage their conferences & awards ceremonies--
Shit. Where's the delete key?
Yet the global #cybersecurity industry is not like the global movie industry that sells only the best products to its consumers like "Attack Of The The Eye Creatures" and shuns any Russian or Chinese influence over its plots & scripts--
Shit. Where's the delete key?
Yet the global #cybersecurity industry is not like the global movie industry that started out as vaudeville until they grew large enough without ethical oversight to move their operations to California and New York--
Shit. Where's the delete key?
Okay, forget that. So anyway…
Perlroth will pick & choose the #hecklers and #critics she feels deserve her valid attention. I imagine she'll approach both with the same #gravitas, associating critics with their--
[legit critics enter the room]
Shit. Where's the delete key?
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