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It has been extremely disheartening to see people celebrating this across other social media platforms.
by CSMastermind 1y ago
It has been extremely disheartening to see people celebrating this across other social media platforms.
- giraffe_lady 1y ago[flagged]
- acdha 1y ago[flagged]
- billy99k 1y ago[flagged]
- acdha 1y agoIt’s a point on the same path: if enough people start “joking” about political violence, more people are going to try it. I didn’t want to live in a world where that’s normalized.
- billy99k 1y ago[flagged]
- frmersdog 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_Barack_Obama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_B...
- billy99k 1y ago[flagged]
- acdha 1y ago> Nobody brought a gun and tried to shoot him. The linked page details otherwise, so you’re wrong as a matter of fact in addition to arguing against a claim I never made. I wasn’t saying Obama was shot, I was saying that when a bunch of people started “joking” about shooting politicians we started down the path where some of them would seriously try it and a couple decades later we’re at the stage of multiple political assassinations in a year. Nobody is going to be happy living in a country where that’s normalized, including the people who say they do.
- gonzogato 1y ago[dead]
- mangodrunk 1y agoBoth are sick and deplorable. I do think it’s fair to say that political violence hasn’t been repudiated enough.
- acdha 1y agoYes - even most of the people who made those jokes wouldn’t want to live in a world where that’s true. I remember some guys smiling at the assassinations in Minnesota because the shooter targeted Democrats and it was like … guys like that will add someone you like to the list sooner or later. Nobody is safe for long in that world.
- system2 1y ago[flagged]
- deepfriedrice 1y agoI went straight to HN for commentary because I know exactly what is happening on Reddit and for the first time can't bear to look.
- cosmicgadget 1y agoTwo of the default front page posts were the conservative sub complaining about all of the insensitive comments on Reddit.
- papascrubs 1y agoAnd yet when the two Minnesota politicians were assassinated, that subreddit was full of its own blend of insensitive comments. Complete drivel all around.
- twixfel 1y agoIndeed on Hacker News all posts about the two Minnesota politicians were assassinated were immediately flagged and buried. It's clear where biases lie both here and on reddit.
- sergiotapia 1y agoCheck out bluesky. Just a website filled to the brim with terrible, ugly, inside and out, "people".
- thatsadude 1y agoSame. I went to this thread and saw similar talking points brought up. Dangerous time for the US ahead.
- mangodrunk 1y agoI feel similarly. Too many people are delighted by this horrible event. They think that they are fighting some boogeyman but instead it’s just someone with a different opinion.
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- loughnane 1y agoif you sort by 'controversial' on most of the reddit threads that's where you'll see the the more nuanced takes.
- billy99k 1y ago[flagged]
- loughnane 1y agoLike I said, not when you sort by controversial. Top post right now when sorted that way is "Hate Kirk with a passion. But I hope he pulls through." https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1ndmobl/charlie_kirk_shot_at_utah_event/?sort=controversial https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1ndmobl/charlie_kirk_...
- bigyabai 1y agoFlamebait comments like this will result in an account ban and (further) flagged comments.
- suzzer99 1y agoI haven't seen much at all on twitter, Facebook or bluesky. Seems like you have to look pretty hard to find it.
- hereme888 1y agoBluesky is full of pro-murder posts.
- suzzer99 1y agoNot my timeline. It's either people condemning political violence while noting they're not fans of Kirk, or people whining about how political violence is only condemned by both sides when the target is on the right.
- drewbeck 1y agoDefinitely not true. You may be seeing a lot, but I am not which means that we can't categorically say that it's "full" of such posts.
- hereme888 1y ago
- jalapenos 1y ago[flagged]
- mangodrunk 1y agoThere certainly are a lot of bad people, but I think a vocal minority on the Internet isn’t a good indicator of what most people think. This was a sick and horrific act and the comments celebrating or condoning the violence are also sick. Unfortunately the vocal crazy people are dominating large parts of social media.
- peterspath 1y agoI see the same thing.
- bellgrove 1y agoI haven’t seen any of this, anecdotally. Don’t confuse indifference with celebration. You all had a school shooting the other day too and I’ve hardly heart about it because it is overshadowed by this news.
- ezfe 1y agoI haven't seen anybody celebrating his death, just a whole bunch of idiots saying everybody is celebrating his death
- LightBug1 1y agoObviously that's not representative. You should get off social media for a while if you think it in any way is.