What might we have done in the early days to generate a more vigorous immune response had we known what was coming?
One thought might have been to call politicians and companies and make sure they understand in no uncertain terms our opposition to this kind of nonsense. Make fun of it sure, but doing so while providing clear, concise breakdowns of what's wrong with the arguments would be another good point.
that old communist bulletin from the 40s makes its rounds every once in a while about mislabeling opponents as NAZIs and bigots, but what if a similar bulletin had made the rounds at the same time among their opponents, warning them exactly how they would try to discredit them?
We should make a list of probably strategies that these parasites will use and suggest effective countermeasures based on our own experiences in gamergate, etc. and pass them onto our Japanese friends through whatever channels we might have.
Passing on immunization efforts is a good idea. But if it's just a button list of what to do, it might not be the best effort.
It would have to be something like a system of guidelines, rather than if X then response is Y. If A, then response is B. The tactics will be the same but a bit different in another country. So they'll need more of a nebulous idea like if they attack with this, this other thing is their true intention. And if you let them in to the company, it will forever be worse for it.
They will also need reasons why these tactics are effective in warding off and blocking efforts by grifters and feminists (but I repeat myself) so it's going to be labor intensive.
And they might just decide to fight it their own way and ignore it. And if they do, heaven help them if they fail.
Thank you, that's what I was thinking, but didn't think to include it in my post