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Just remember that nothing online is real and this 45 year old Chinese/indian/russian/israeli man masquerading as a woman to induce social discord won’t be able to affect you!
What you percieve as reality is real, to you.
Its... this is the basic functional mechanism of propoganda, advertising, marketing, etc.
It does effect people.
No one is immune to propaganda.
That's like, the entire problem.
You might as well just say 'the internet doesn't exist, you've never seen a movie or a tv/netflix show, you've never seen an advertisement.'
That's about as absurd as what you are saying.
Also how do you know this isn't genuine?
How did you determine that?
Is... everything you don't like, a psyop?
Well, the problem isn't that this is being manufactured, but rather exacerbating already existing problems. The Russian IRA didn't start racism in the US around 2013-2016. 4chan didn't found fascism in the west. North Korea didn't originate the very first crypto scams. You're absolutely right that the problems are blown way out of proportion and there are so many trolls out there, it's hard to tell if any one asshole is paid to be an asshole online or not. However, it's best to not over-correct and deny these problems exist at all, even with hyperbole.
I do, personally, feel it’s best to simply disregard online rhetoric entirely. It’s genuinely a perfect catch all for 90% of people. You spend more time with actual humans and you maintain a grounded perspective while chiseling those of others. I’ve lost nothing since turning everything besides Reuters into fiction. You carve your own space out of the people around you.
Which is to say, my vaguely meandering around your point is more cheeky than antagonistic.