NYT Investigation: How Facebook Used A Republican Firm to Attack Critics...
“The New York Times investigation reveals that Facebook hired the Republican opposition-research firm Definers Public Affairs to discredit critics of Facebook, linking them to the billionaire liberal donor George Soros. Facebook also allegedly lobbied the Anti-Defamation League to condemn criticism of the company as anti-Semitic.”
So, Zuckerberg and Sandberg, both Jews, were happy to cozy up to an oppo research firm that led with an antisemitic trope to cover their fucking asses, while trying to get the ADL to accuse their critics of being antisemitic.
No, that won't make much of an impression on many Lean-In-ers or supposedly progressive tech nerds who are appalled by Trump's flirtations with antisemitism--or at least not nearly to the same degree.
That, too, normalizes rising antisemitism. To say nothing of the fact, noted by those self-hating antisemites Noam Chomsky and Norman Finkelstein, that crying wolf will backfire if and when the wolves really appear.
Exactly how many people believe accusations of "antisemitism" at this point? How many on the surface do obeisance but privately think much of it is bullshit--and rightly? Where does that discontent go, pray?
Uh huh. But I'm the "bad Jew."
Meanwhile, will this revelation have any effect on the propensity of Super-Smart Ivy Types to fall for the kind of PR-propaganda-marketing bullshit (e.g. "Lean In") they are possibly the easiest marks in the country? (Neck and neck with the Christer-fascists, actually.)
No, is the obvious, general, and statistically significant answer--no, not if it means I have to deny myself the sports-team lemming think that reinforces my personal brand. Why deny myself the narcissistic thrill of joining the Superior Herd, just because it makes me into a useful idiot? At least I feel super specials!
PS: Fight antisemitism!
More here on how Facebook aids authoritarians.
That, too, normalizes rising antisemitism. To say nothing of the fact, noted by those self-hating antisemites Noam Chomsky and Norman Finkelstein, that crying wolf will backfire if and when the wolves really appear.
Exactly how many people believe accusations of "antisemitism" at this point? How many on the surface do obeisance but privately think much of it is bullshit--and rightly? Where does that discontent go, pray?
Uh huh. But I'm the "bad Jew."
Meanwhile, will this revelation have any effect on the propensity of Super-Smart Ivy Types to fall for the kind of PR-propaganda-marketing bullshit (e.g. "Lean In") they are possibly the easiest marks in the country? (Neck and neck with the Christer-fascists, actually.)
No, is the obvious, general, and statistically significant answer--no, not if it means I have to deny myself the sports-team lemming think that reinforces my personal brand. Why deny myself the narcissistic thrill of joining the Superior Herd, just because it makes me into a useful idiot? At least I feel super specials!
PS: Fight antisemitism!
More here on how Facebook aids authoritarians.