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I am almost as saddened by some of the responses here as I was after hearing about the shooting.

Have you all become so gradually desensitized to violence that absolutely nothing is beyond acceptable?

Are YOU, personally, YOU, happy with how things are in the world?

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That anyone feels the public has some "right" to watch other people die turns my stomach. I didn't grow up on 4chan, or watching far-right propaganda on Youtube, so I still see sadism as a character flaw, not a virtue.

thank you.

At any rate, as far as distribution by private companies goes, that's my view. Before someone jumps on me, I don't think government should outlaw documentation of atrocities, etc.

I recommend re-reading the comments here. Nobody is saying that what happened is acceptable, every comment here has its own reasoning for why they viewed it or why they don't think it should be censored.

Wait, have you read the responses HERE?

most of them are 'how dare they try and censor us'.

Please try and remember that the entire objective of this attack is to set everyone at war with each other. Let's not fall into that trap here.

The matter of whether or not censorship increases or reduces the propensity for attacks like this to happen is a complex and vexed one.

If you see anyone discussing the topic in bad faith, you should flag the comment and report them to the mods, and they will take the appropriate action.

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