My hairdresser defended a canceled influencer and now I'm second-guessing everything

I was getting my roots done at Snip Studio in Austin last Thursday and my stylist, Dana, brought up that wellness influencer who got nuked for posting fake before and after photos of her detox tea. I was ready to pile on, typical cancel thread stuff, but Dana said, "She was lying, sure, but her real crime was being bad at lying, not being evil. Everyone in that industry exaggerates results, she just got caught." That hit different because Dana has been in business for 11 years and has seen clients demand miracle fixes daily. She admitted she's done her own share of flattering angles and lighting tricks to show off cuts, which isn't fraud, but it's not exactly pure honesty either. Now I'm stuck wondering if we're too quick to demand complete purity from online strangers when we accept soft deception from people we actually trust. Is there a line between harmless marketing spin and a true cancelable offense, or is it just about who has the audience to catch them? Has anyone else had a real life convo that made them defend someone they previously hated online?

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