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Federal agents briefly detained our reporter at the scene, who says he was tackled to the ground and had a gun put in his face.
Did you personally watch the video before coming to that assessment?
Of course not, I’m not going to traumatize myself unnecessarily.
Truly incredible that you’re proud of your ignorance, and blindly sharing your opinions about how people should be acting more moderately: https://lemmy.world/post/42098476/21740923
You’re an embarrassment to yourself.
Not wanting to traumatize myself doesn’t make me ignorant.
Thinking that the only way you can be informed is by traumatizing yourself is the truly ignorant position.
You have every right not to watch the video. But opining about other people’s reaction to the video without watching it is unacceptable.
Take your safe-space mindset and opinions about media you haven’t consumed back to Tumblr, please.
Thinking that other people might be traumatized by watching someone get murdered is unacceptable? Walk me through your thinking here…
I actually think it does. Police has been murdering people in US since forever and the only way to realize how bad it is is to actually watch the footage. Reading about it does not paint the whole picture. Seeing how Americans are reacting to the ICE killings makes me think most Americans are ignorant of the police violence in their country. They know police kills people but don’t realize cold blooded executions by law enforcement like that happen every day. They pretend it doesn’t happen and only react when specially extreme case forces them to watch to footage (like in George Floyd case).
You’re wrong.
Really? That’s the only way?
Neither does watching a video. The only way to get the whole picture is to go out and get killed yourself. In those seconds while you’re dying you’ll truly understand.
See how stupid that is?
Did you see George Floyd death footage?
Have you watched every execution of every prisoner sentenced to capital punishment? Have you tried to book a seat to watch the execution in person? Have you sourced out footage from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, in order to watch people die? Have you requested the body cam footage of every shooting involving a police officer? Do you seek out snuff films? Do you go to hospital emergency rooms to see if you can see someone dying? Do you hang out near bridges in the hope of watching someone jump to their deaths?
I’d probably be a lot angrier if I did. Which is the point. We, people, need to stay angry. Anger motivates action.
Is that a yes or no? No need to be so defensive about it. I’m just curious.
As for me you don’t have to worry. I’m not easily traumatized but I don’t feel the need to see people dying all the time. I’ve seen enough police killing videos and read about the outcome of the investigations and court cases to know exactly how bad the issue of police violence in US is. I’ve seen what happened and I’ve read the narratives or both sides enough times to know you can’t trust either. I read enough news describing the killings to know they don’t convey what happened at all. That’s why I think if you haven’t seen it and just rely on news and online comments you don’t really know what happened.
Who would? But it’s real and in our face. Learning how to process is healthy, avoidance is not
You don’t need to “learn to process” to know the truth. You don’t have to personally witness every horrible thing that’s happening.
Knowing and understanding are not equal, just as instruction and guidance aren’t. Processing knowledge helps to bring understanding my friend. I’m not saying you’re wrong; I’m saying not everyone does it like you, and that’s ok
Maybe you process faster; maybe you’re skimming the details to save personal harm. Maybe the way you do things isn’t a hard truth, but samely, doesn’t make your recommendations invalid. I just would personally change my wording from a place of “don’t do it”, to a place of “I wouldn’t, but that’s me”. Otherwise you risk depriving the wisdom of life from others, due to your own personal fears
I didn’t say “Don’t do it”. I said “You don’t have to watch the videos.”.