@mastodonmigration It's a "Purity trap" to hold sex pests accountable? Are you being serious here?

Al Franken had six accusers. Platner has them coming out of the woodwork. Comparing that to the Swift Boat attack on John Kerry is massively disingenuous as that was literally made the fuck up. The claims against Franken, Platner and yes Joe are real.

If we cannot nominate people who at the very fucking least do not support genocide and abuse women what the fuck are we even doing?

@reflex

As expressed in the thread, the subject vulnerability can range from completely fabricated to absolutely true. It can also be something in-between with exaggerated elements.

The point is the tactic is to establish the vulnerability as absolutely disqualifying through concerted media coverage.

You may think this is entirely appropriate and justified given the nature of the vulnerability. Nevertheless, there is a political tactic in play.

@reflex

Would also call your attention to the part about collapsing the political stakes. The success of the purity trap in disqualifying Biden for many supporters of the people in Gaza, helped Trump win, which resulted in many more of the people they intended to support dying. So, things are not always so black and white simple.

@reflex

The intention here is not to render a determination on any of the cases, but rather to call out a specific type of deliberate political information operation tactic, so that we recognize it when we see it.

@mastodonmigration The intention here is to believe women and take their humanity as seriously as we take our own.

An 'op' that reveals true information about a person that reflects poorly on their comparison is an 'op' I do not care about, I care about the information, the person and their victims.