This is very upsetting to see.
I am more and more concerned for my American based friends by the day
White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says "the memes will continue"
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Makes one wonder what the other, more horrific side of this looks like, and how law enforcement and even begin to separate truth from fiction
In this instance, we've already got law enforcement using fiction to obfuscate fact. Probably not long before we see sora style videos of a 'new angle' of a controversial event, showing that the protestor / victim did in face have a gun / deserve it
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are people on this site who will still turn out to vote for this administration and their allies in Congress. It's wild.
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That's not at all what the person you responded to said. I'm not sure if you're intentionally misrepresenting their statement or if you're just reading too quickly or are under-caffeinated or whatever.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are people on this site who will still turn out to vote for this administration and their allies in Congress. It's wild.
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Violating the laws of our country while being in a position of public trust reaches a higher standard than “politicians I don’t like” IMHO.
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#45Reminder that the most reliable way to prevent the rise of the far right is to implement robust safety nets and low inequality, to reduce status anxiety and grievance.
Europe found that out the hard way, and America is in the early stages of realizing it.
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#46The US has become such a disgusting place. A failed democracy.
Failing - I didn't hear no bell.
We have a fascist President, yes. We will see if this means we have a fascist government within the next decade.
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It's already got to the point that if I see an interesting video showing a cute animal doing something or a natural disaster my first thought is "Is this AI?"
Makes one wonder what the other, more horrific side of this looks like, and how law enforcement and even begin to separate truth from fiction
Only, it's members of the federal government overtly spreading disinformation and laughing about it. It will be a miracle if anything is left of the law enforcement and judiciary that would push back in three years' time.
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#48Can you imagine what Goebbel could have accomplished with the tools we have today? Unfortunately, now we don't have to.
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#49There's been a lot of talk on HN about generative AI and how it will be weaponized to scam people and politically for propoganda. That reality got here very quickly. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted a photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong, a Minnesota civil rights attorney, being arrested at a political protest. A half hour later, the official White House X account posted an altered version in which Armstro…
Don't really understand how "AI" ties into this.
This administration has been photoshopping and editing pictures long before AI, here's https://paleofuture.com/nofuture/2019/1/21/president-trump-p... some examples from 2019 where they used shops to make him thin.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are people on this site who will still turn out to vote for this administration and their allies in Congress. It's wild.
I don't even know what a realistic plan to fix this looks like. How do you cult de-program 40% of the population of the most powerful country on the planet? Nuremberg-style trials for every single person working under this administration is obviously the base minimum to start to get a handle on this. Anyone who is not pushing for that is not being serious about tackling America's problems. Then what? Extreme anti-tru…
I agree, sadly we do not have any leadership pushing for this yet.