Who Exactly Is Ashton Kutcher’s Anti-Sex-Trafficking Tech Company Helping?
Who Exactly Is Ashton Kutcher’s Anti-Sex-Trafficking Tech Company Helping?
The actor’s recent PR crisis has led to scrutiny of his complicated advocacy work.
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Oh for the love of god. When did we get to the point where EVERYTHING is a sinister plot hook.
Fucking lighten up.
Because it's a self interested millionaire with a sketchy past, nothing he does is altruism, it's all PR and self jerking.
What is this man's sketchy past?
All you need to do is Google "Ashton Kutcher sketchy past" and you'll get lots of articles from long before this year, when shit finally hit the fan for him. He's been a clear fake for a long time.
Nothing ANYONE does is altruism anymore. Because no matter who they are, or what they do- someone will find something to bitch about or be offended by.
Do you prefer ignorance?
I prefer accepting that not everything that exists is there to scare me, offend me, or serve me in some way.
Some things just exist. And are what they say they are. I know… it’s insane to even so much as think it!
The important thing is to be able to recognize which things are harmless and which are harmful. There's plenty of both. When something seems like it could be sketchy, it's ok to discuss it.
Oh you poor fool...
you are a mark
Care to elaborate?
The app is being used by police to persecute sex workers and marks, not to find children who are victims of child sex trafficking - because child sex traffickers are not stupid enough to give their "product" to anyone who would instantly put their faces on the internet for anyone to find.
Sex trafficking is a serious issue, but Kutcher nor his company has done their due diligence and are actually helping to persecute sex workers.
I'm not saying that it was intentional, but it does make the whole supposed effort seem like it's more about optics and marketing.
And this illustrates that I’m a mark how exactly?
See, all I did was point out how everyone is so smugly up their own asses that they feel they can persecute anyone and anything to the point that no one should be bothered to try and do anything even remotely helpful- lest they be publicly shamed for not doing enough, or not doing it as the hive-mind thinks they should….
… and somehow, this makes me a mark?
Fucking hilarious.
Defending a famous, rich, rape apologist whose organization is doing more for hurting legal sex work than helping solve illegal sex trafficking is kind of mark behavior.
To me, when a person shows their true color, I automatically need to assume their past actions had ulterior motives.
Very mark type response.
I just tried to explain what I thought the commenter was saying. He was being glib, and a little derisive. In any case, you play the same game and I can read your frustrations clearly. You justifiably tried to defend your position, but chose the wrong way of doing it.
I recommend taking a break a few days from comment section, even social media. Just get it out of your head for a while, try to find balance again. Social media can be very provocative and even infuriating at times. But it doesn't help you to fight passive aggressive statements with aggressive statements.
In any case, I hope you take care of yourself and that you are well.