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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 91 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Why isn't th federal government making a bigger deal out of the fact that an official political candidate was used in a deep fake ad saying non consensual words for political interference

Why haven't these people been charged? Or at least found?? This was a litmus test for more deepfakes of joe during the main election...and they got the approval

Does this mean that liberals can do the same thing with DJT?

[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 75 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Tbh, I'm not sure what liberals could deepfake Trump that would be worse than what he actually says haha

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago (3 children)

You're not thinking deeper enough. Imagine a deep-faked Trump saying "Actually, I like Mexicans. It was all a joke. Borders open for everyone! And to all of you who gave me money, thank you haha suckers!! I endorse Joe Biden."

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (3 children)

His voters literally don't care what he says.

Trump is the President that signed an executive order restricting firearms, but it's apparently Obama and Biden that are coming after our guns.

[–] KnowledgeableNip@leminal.space 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Every time his mental stability or physical health is brought up, I go back to this. His supporters are so sycophantic that he could shit into his open palm and lob it into the crowd at a rally and they'd never question it.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

You can also watch videos of Joe Biden and see his daily public schedule and see him getting shit done without much difficulty. He's obviously not how Republicans describe him but why convincing people not the believe what they can see with their own eyes is part of the Republican strategy.

"Don't look up!"

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

I’d amend that to say his followers don’t know what he says much of the time. Their information comes largely through filters and fables.

[–] guacupado@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

You're not thinking serious enough. Imagine the shit Trump has said on the campaign trail, but now he can tell his cultists directly on their phones. Lighting the kindling and seeing if it blows up or not.

[–] marth_21@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

You have to think so crazy you end up thinking normal

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

I'm not worried about liberals deepfaking Trump, I more worried about grifters deepfaking Trump to further take advantage of low intelligence/low cognitive function trump supporters. I already see it with freeze dried ration scams and such. I don't want grifters to get ahold of my inheritance.

[–] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

You're correct, which is why the next best thing is just deepfaking him into a completely different personality.

AKA: Sassy Justice

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 points 9 months ago

The Navy seal copy pasta

[–] sxan@midwest.social 12 points 9 months ago

DJT's base doesn't care. If there was video of Trump saying he'd make abortion mandatory, repeal 2A, increase taxes, and change labor laws so that only gay blacks could apply for jobs, they'd still vote for him. At this point, it's gone beyond politics, into religion. As long as liberals hate him, that's enough.

I don't think I'm being hyperbolic about this. His base has all the marks of sectarianism. The far left does, too, to a lesser degree; look at the behavior of Bernie Bros. I think the difference is that Bernie is sincere about what he works toward, whereas Trump does whatever benefits Trump, but hides it behind rhetoric that only coincidentally corresponds with his actions.

In any case, we on the precipice of a sectarian war in the US. We already see sectarian violence from the right, with several instances of conservative physical attacks on the non-believers. Sooner or later, there'll be a liberal response; the far-left is certainly capable of it, c.f. the ELF in the 90's, and although that targetted property and not people, the angry violence is there and it's not a large step to targetting people.

[–] Zoboomafoo 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Why haven't these people been charged? Or at least found??

This happened 2 days ago at the time of your comment, it seems a bit early to claim nothing's being done

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 1 points 9 months ago

Because the U.S. government is incapable of enforcing rules and protecting its people, and is therefore illegitimate.

That's why.