I think it's disgusting to use weasel words to manufacture consent and subtly diminish opposition. Yes, it's disgusting. Yes, it's propaganda. Being told what I think is disgusting. It feels disgusting, and feelings do matter, and are necessarily real. It's disgusting because I am disgusted by it.
dude it’s the headline, it’s SEO, it’s meant to get you to click on it. sure you might have expected it but most of the people scrolling by this headline don’t ever think about it, there’s plenty of consequences the average person didn’t expect!
i think it’s a mistake to assume every headline is meant to communicate to you, The Smart One, rather than people who don’t spend their days learning about new porn laws and their logical consequences.
It's meant to communicate and manufacture consent. It's not just about me, it is about how readers will interpret those words and internalize the logic. When someone says something is "Unexpected" in a headline from a propaganda rag owned by a billionaire, the people who expected it are marginalized
marginalized? what if they’re on the margins? knowing things other people don’t doesn’t make you marginalized
* in the sense i believe you’re using the word
like i agree with you, it’s expected. but maybe this article isn’t for you or me?
i think the place we might actually most differ is the assumption that lawmakers understand how the internet works enough to have some kind of nefarious plan to hurt certain groups. i think it’s just run of the mill reactionary bullshit that sounds good if you don’t think about it too much.
most people don’t think about it too much!