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The way that disinformation is configured right now is by sliming and trashing women who have stepped over arbitrary lines one way or another and are “misbehaving.” It’s a warning and an attempt to change the subject from what’s to come
That in this case it is being used to shill a book in this case should just show you how much crossover there is between disinformation purveyors and outright grifters.
That’s also what the civility shit was about last year as well as functioning as a large scale distraction away from the U.S.’s inhumane treatment of asylum seekers
It’s a lot easier to understand this dynamic if you think of it as being led by a bunch of shitty business people who think that public relations and journalism are interchangeable. The technique is an old one, getting out ahead of the story so you can control it
In this case... in this case... argh I hate when my writing crutches take over
