Dismiss: push back against criticism by dismissing your critics. This might be arguing that the critics use a different standard for you than with other actors or themselves; or arguing that their criticism is biased.
Distort: twist the narrative. Take information, or artefacts like images, and change the framing around them.
Distract: shift attention to a different narrative or actor, for instance by accusing critics of the same activity that they’ve accused you of (e.g. police brutality).
Dismay: threaten the critic or narrator of events. For instance, threaten journalists or news outlets reporting on a story.
Divide: create conflict between subgroups, to widen divisions in a community
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The 5D's
Dismiss: push back against criticism by dismissing your critics. This might be arguing that the critics use a different standard for you than with other actors or themselves; or arguing that their criticism is biased.
Distort: twist the narrative. Take information, or artefacts like images, and change the framing around them.
Distract: shift attention to a different narrative or actor, for instance by accusing critics of the same activity that they’ve accused you of (e.g. police brutality).
Dismay: threaten the critic or narrator of events. For instance, threaten journalists or news outlets reporting on a story.
Divide: create conflict between subgroups, to widen divisions in a community