The First Counter-Disinfolklore Operation

As we approached the cottage in the woods where the Mother and the Maiden supposedly were, I texted the Mission’s head of security in Kyiv: “Confirm manager’s order to approach house where Mother and Underage Daughter are reportedly being cut into pieces.” That linguistic formula, replete with its primordial archetypal identities triggered the normally reticent head of security to call me immediately. This was the first time I had consciously created Counter Disinfolklore using precisely the same archetypes Disinfolklorists use to further their nefarious schemes, and it worked.

Source: Archetypal Disinfolklore

The author used the Disinfolklorists’ own archetypes against them. By texting the primordial formula — “Mother and Underage Daughter reportedly being cut into pieces” — he triggered the head of security’s own Incoming Troll Radar. The head of security, reading these archetypes, immediately recognised the absurdity and danger of the situation and called to abort.

This was the birth of Counter-Disinfolklore as a CONSCIOUS PRACTICE: deploying the same archetypal structures that Disinfolklorists use, but in service of truth rather than manipulation. We never heard of anyone there being cut into pieces.

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