Think they did the exact opposite

> Also, faked evidence can be done for a variety of reasons, including by someone who intends for the faking to be discovered

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self_awareness 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Well yes, that's what he wrote, but that's like saying: stealing can be done for variety of reasons, including by someone who intends the theft to be discovered? Killing can be done for variety of reasons, including by someone who intends the killing to be discovered?

I read it as "producing racist videos can sometimes be used in good faith"?

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Nevermark an hour ago | parent | next [-]

There is significant differences between how the information world and the physical world operate.

Creating all kinds of meta-levels of falsity is a real thing, with multiple lines of objective (if nefarious) motivation, in the information arena.

But even physical crimes can have meta information purposes. Putin for instance is fond of instigating crimes in a way that his fingerprints will inevitably be found, because that is an effective form of intimidation and power projection.

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mxkopy an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I think they’re just saying we should interpret this video in a way that’s consistent with known historical facts. On one hand, it’s not depicting events that are strictly untrue, so we shouldn’t discredit it. On the other hand, since the video itself is literally fake, when we discredit it we shouldn’t accidentally also discredit the events it’s depicting.

	▲	self_awareness 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Are you saying that if there is 1 instance of a true event, then fake videos done in a similar way as this true event is rational and needed?