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tl;dr: Stop reacting to videos of humans not being at their finest. Well, yes and no. Yes overreacting with outrage to situations where we don't always have th
by athenot 10y ago
tl;dr: Stop reacting to videos of humans not being at their finest.
Well, yes and no. Yes overreacting with outrage to situations where we don't always have the full details is fraught with pitfalls.
At the same time, perhaps we can as a society use these moments, not for outrage but to make us better at being human. Recognize that in the grand scheme of things, we are all humans and in the same boat, and that it is better for us to suffer a LITTLE injustice instead of escalating to A LOT of injustice for someone else (aka. revenge).
Fun note: the old Moses law of "an eye for an eye" was meant in the context of not retaliating with greater force than the original injustice, precisely to avoid conflict escalation.