It’s impossible to say at this point what’s brought the once brilliant Cervenka to this incredibly low place. It’s a sad thing to watch. It’s hard to feel entirely sympathetic, though, when these truthers are inflicting real pain on the people who’ve suffered the most already — like the family of Grace McDonnell, who were taunted by the thief who stole the young Sandy Hook shooting victim’s memorial sign — because he said her murder was a hoax. So when Cervenka links to a video that calls Richard Martinez, whose son was gunned down by Elliot Rodger on Friday, an “actor,” she is spreading hurt. She is using her fame and her platform to bring a savage amount of additional grief on people who’ve lost their children. It’s unconscionable that she’s making this a public spectacle. But then, that’s what truthers do. They harass and belittle already vulnerable people and make already terrible events exponentially worse. And Exene Cervenka is no longer a punk hero. She’s just a punk.